Thrombus Synonyms

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A clot consisting of fibrin, platelets, red blood cells, and white blood cells that forms in a blood vessel or in a chamber of the heart and can obstruct blood flow. The rupture of atherosclerotic plaques can cause arterial thrombosis (the formation of thrombi), while tissue injury, decreased movement, oral contraceptives, prosthetic heart valves, and various metabolic disorders increase the risk for venous thrombosis. A thrombus in a coronary artery can cause a heart attack.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. clot
  2. coagulation

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Thrombus Sentence Examples

  • Atrial fibrillation associated with heart valve disease, valve prosthesis, heart failure, intracardiac thrombus, or thyrotoxicosis.

  • A person with atherosclerosis is at high risk of forming a thrombus in a coronary artery - coronary thrombosis.

  • Drugs to dissolve the thrombus - thrombolytic drugs - may be given during the first 48 hours after formation of the blood clot.

  • The stent was used to exclude thrombus in the contralateral brachiocephalic vein (n=4 ).

  • The blockage of the artery is usually caused by a blood clot (called a thrombus by doctors) or an embolus.

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