Vascular Beds Affected by Inherited and Acquired Hypercoagulable States

Inher.

Venous

  • Factor V Leiden
  • Prothrombin mutation ↓ protein C, S or AT III

Venous and Arterial

  • Hyperhomocysteinemia (inherited or acquired)
  • Dysfibrinogenemia

Acquired

Venous

  • Stasis: immobilization, surgery, CHF
  • Malignancy
  • Hormonal: OCPs, HRT, tamoxifen, pregnancy
  • Nephrotic syndrome## Venous

Venous and Arterial

  • Platelet defects: myeloproliferative disorders, HIT, PNH (although venous >arterial)
  • Hyperviscosity: polycythemia vera, Waldenström’s -macroglobulinemia, sickle cell, acute leukemia
  • Vessel wall defects: vasculitis, trauma, foreign bodies
  • Others: antiphospholipid syndrome, IBD