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Blood clotting is a great thing, as long as it's where and when you want it. A thrombus is a pathological clot. Venous side thrombi generally mean Stasis and factor activation. Arterial side thrombi generally mean Platelet activation and/or vascular injury.

Strategies to prevent thrombosis depend on knowing whether it's arterial or venous.

• Venous, means you're treating the clotting proteins with heparin and/or Coumadin.
• Arterial, you better be using an antiplatelet drug, such as aspirin.
• Recurrence, or thrombosis in a young person, means you better dig deeper.
• Is it too much clotting potential, or
• Too little thrombolysis?

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