Hemostasis and Thrombosis
Subtitle: Basic Principles and Clinical Practice (Periodicals)
Contributors: Robert W. Colman (Editor); Jack Hirsh (Editor); Victor J. Marder (Editor); Alexander W., M.D. Clowes (Editor); James N. George (Editor)
Edition: 4Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: November 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 1578
ISBN-13: 9780781714556
Subjects: Cardiovascular medicine; Haematology; Reference works; Medical Hematology; Coagulation; Thrombosis; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Hematology; Oncology; Blood coagulation disorders; Blood; Hemostasis
First sentence: Humans have evolved an intricate hemostatic system designed to maintain blood in a fluid state under physiologic conditions but primed to react to vascular injury in an explosive manner to stem blood loss by sealing the defect in the vessel wall.