ABC of Antithrombotic Therapy.pdf

ABC OF

ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY

To Peck Lin, Philomena, and Aloysius

To Janet, Edward, Eleanor, and Rosalind

ABC OF

ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY

Edited by

GREGORY Y H LIP

Professor of cardiovascular medicine and director, haemostasis, thrombosis and vascular biology unit,

university department of medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham

and

ANDREW D BLANN

Senior lecturer in medicine, haemostasis, thrombosis and vascular biology unit,

university department of medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham

or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,

recording and/or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers.

First published in 2003

by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, BMA House, Tavistock Square,

London WC1H 9JR

www.bmjbooks.com

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 0 7279 17714

Typeset by BMJ Electronic Production and Newgen Imaging Systems

Printed and bound in Spain by GraphyCems, Navarra

Cover image depicts a deep vein thrombosis scan of a leg vein blocked by a thrombus (blood clot, white)

in a patient with deep vein thrombosis. With permission from James King-Holmes/Science Photo Library