Process of coagulation
Components of haemostasis
- Five components of normal haemostasis:
- Vessel wall
- Platelets
- Procoagulant factors
- Anticoagulant proteins (antithrombin, protein C/S, TFPI)
- Fibrinolytic system
- Bleeding or thrombosis = failure of the balance between the last two groups, not of one factor in isolation
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