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Comprehensive laboratory testing for heritable thrombophilia is frequently overutilized, and clinical management should prioritize personal and family history over the mere presence of genetic defects, which often do not necessitate prophylactic anticoagulation. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

September 1, 2001British Journal of HaematologyOpen Access

Investigation and management of heritable thrombophilia

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Patients with suspected heritable thrombophilia, deep vein thrombosis, or pulmonary embolism, and their…

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IWIsobel D. WalkerCross-Cutting Cardiology MGM. GreavesUniversity of Aberdeen FPF E PrestonGoethe University Frankfurt

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Implication

Requires cautious thrombophilia testing and risk interpretation; leaves open precise absolute VTE risks for clinical decisions.

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Population

Patients with suspected heritable thrombophilia, deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or pulmonary embolism, and their asymptomatic relatives.

Intervention

Laboratory testing for heritable prothrombotic states (including antithrombin, protein C, and protein S deficiencies).

This review outlines the definitions, laboratory assays, and clinical implications of heritable thrombophilias, highlighting the risks of overestimating thrombosis risk and underestimating anticoagulation risks.

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Walker et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a19bc3860e90a7f5fea9aba https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2141.2001.02981.x

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Pulmonary embolism

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Investigation and management of heritable thrombophilia

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Investigation and management of heritable thrombophilia

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