Thrombosis

Abstract

Thrombosis and hemostasis are similar processes, the former being pathologic and involving intravascular formation of aggregates of platelets and fibrin, and the latter resulting in the cessation of bleeding after external injury to the vasculature. While it is not clear that these processes involve precisely the same biochemical and biophysical events, they appear to be sufficiently similar to be considered as a single process that results in quite different structures owing to the local environment, either within a vessel or at the site of bleeding. © 2006 Humana Press Inc.