{"id":2365,"date":"2010-10-18T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/htcenter\/patient-care\/clotting-disorders\/patients-seen-in-thrombosis-clinic\/"},"modified":"2022-09-29T13:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T17:18:15","slug":"patients-seen-in-thrombosis-clinic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/htcenter\/patient-care\/clotting-disorders\/patients-seen-in-thrombosis-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrombosis Disorders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Thrombosis Clinic sees patients with a variety of conditions including:<\/p>\n<h2>Thrombosis (Blood clots):<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>DVT (deep vein thrombosis) of leg or arm<\/li>\n<li>Lung (PE = pulmonary embolism)<\/li>\n<li>Brain\n<ul>\n<li>stroke in a young person<\/li>\n<li>sinus vein thrombosis,<\/li>\n<li>cerebral vein thrombosis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Superficial thrombophlebitis<\/li>\n<li>Eye (retinal vein or artery thrombosis)<\/li>\n<li>Abdominal blood clots\n<ul>\n<li>Budd-Chiari syndrome (hepatic vein thrombosis)<\/li>\n<li>Mesenteric vein or artery thrombosis<\/li>\n<li>Portal vein thrombosis<\/li>\n<li>Splenic vein thrombosis<\/li>\n<li>Renal vein or artery thrombosis<\/li>\n<li>Ovarian and testicular vein or artery thrombosis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Heart attack (MI) in individuals without significant arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)<\/li>\n<li>Peripheral artery thrombosis (gangrene) without significant arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries)<\/li>\n<li>Postthrombotic syndrome, postphlebitic syndrome, venous insufficiency<\/li>\n<li>Non-diabetic, unexplained skin ulcers<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;purple toe&#8221; syndrome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Clotting Disorders<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Thrombophilia (Clotting disorder) work-up<\/li>\n<li>Factor V Leiden<\/li>\n<li>Prothrombin mutation (factor II mutation)<\/li>\n<li>Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome\n<ul>\n<li>Anticardiolipin antibodies<\/li>\n<li>Lupus anticoagulant<\/li>\n<li>Anti-beta-2-glycoprotein I antibodies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Homocysteine, MTHFR<\/li>\n<li>Protein C deficiency<\/li>\n<li>Protein S deficiency<\/li>\n<li>Antithrombin III deficiency<\/li>\n<li>Elevated factor 8<\/li>\n<li>Myeloproliferative disorders\n<ul>\n<li>Essential Thrombocytosis<\/li>\n<li>Polycythemia Vera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Pregnancy Complications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Clotting disorder, planning pregnancy or now pregnant<\/li>\n<li>Unexplained pregnancy loss (miscarriages) + clotting disorder<\/li>\n<li>Intrauterine growth restriction (small for age baby) + clotting disorder<\/li>\n<li>\u201cCan I safely go on birth control pill, hormone replacement therapy?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Family History<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Blood clots<\/li>\n<li>Inherited clotting tendency (thrombophilia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Warfarin (Coumadin\u00ae)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Recommendations for staying on or coming off warfarin (coumadin\u00ae) if a history of blood clots<\/li>\n<li>Difficult to control warfarin (coumadin\u00ae)<\/li>\n<li>However: the Thrombosis Clinic is not a coumadin\u00ae or anticoagulation clinic for continuous warfarin (coumadin\u00ae) monitoring and management (there is the coumadin\u00ae clinic in the UNC ACC General Medicine, Dr. Betsy Bryant, tel: 966-6989 or 843-4170) and in Family Medicine (Sarah Ford, pharmD, tel: 919.843.8408)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Thrombosis Clinic sees patients with a variety of conditions including: Thrombosis (Blood clots): DVT (deep vein thrombosis) of leg or arm Lung (PE = pulmonary embolism) Brain stroke in a young person sinus vein thrombosis, cerebral vein thrombosis Superficial thrombophlebitis Eye (retinal vein or artery thrombosis) Abdominal blood clots Budd-Chiari syndrome (hepatic vein thrombosis) &hellip; 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