Table of Contents

1. Mechanisms of Coagulation 2. The Biological Basis for Routine Coagulation Testing 3. An Overview of Thrombotic Disorders and Their Treatment 4. Venous Thromboembolism 5. Anticoagulant Therapy 6. Arterial Thrombosis 7. Antiplatelet Agents 8. Thrombolytic Therapy 9. Lupus Anticoagulants, Antiphospholipid Antibodies, and the Antiphospholipid Syndrome 10. Hypercoagulable Sates 11. Thrombocytosis 12. Thrombotic Thrombocytotic Purpura and the Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome 13. An Overview of Hemorrhagic Disorders and Their Treatment 14. Thrombocytopenia 15. Qualitative Platelet Disorders 16. Von Willebrand Disease 17. Hemophilia and Other Coagulation Factor Deficiencies 18. Coagulation Factor Inhibiors 19. Acquired Coagulopathies