title: [The search for clinical markers of abnormal hypercoagulable states among factors that trigger venous thromboembolic disease].
abstract: We proposed to search for markers of hypercoagulable states in function of age, sex or factors that trigger venous thromboembolic disease (VTD) in a group of patients so diagnosed. The following patient data were analyzed: age, sex and triggering factors of VTD categorized as associative-transient, permanent or unknown. In patients under age 55 years of age in whom the triggering factor of VTD was unknown, and in those who had a family and/or personal history of VTD, coagulability was assessed approximately three months after the episode of acute thrombosis and was repeated during follow-up. From April 1993 to July 1996 we saw 297 patients diagnosed of VTD and performed 187 coagulability tests (63%). Eighty-six were normal (46%) and 101 (54%) abnormal. No significant relations were found for age, sex or triggering factors and the results of follow-up coagulability testing. We conclude that factors known to trigger VTD are not the only ones relevant for indicating the need to order the assessment of coagulability, given that the presence of coagulopathy is not confined to patients with supposed clinical markers.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla. rotero@separ.es
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Otero Candelera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arenas Gordillo
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Hurtado Ayuso
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Monedero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Digon
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood*; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
vernacular_title: Búsqueda de marcadores clínicos de hipercoagulabilidad patológica según los factores desencadenantes de enfermedad tromboembólica venosa (ETV).