The clinical thrombosis center and clinical thrombologist: a new US health systems paradigm for the management of venous thromboembolic disease.
New paradigms for the diagnosis, prophylaxis, acute treatment, and ongoing management of patients with venous thromboembolic disease (VTE), a better understanding of the genotypic and phenotypic mechanisms of thrombophilic states, and the possibility of a greatly expanded armamentarium of antithrombotic therapies are necessitating a more formalized and systematic approach to VTE management. This has required many US healthcare institutions to develop piecemeal approaches in management models for VTE utilizing local champions from a variety of subspecialties. Development of a formalized Clinical Thrombosis Center from an already established Anticoagulant Management Service utilizing a clinical thrombologist, a new role for a physician who has developed expertise in anticoagulation and VTE management, presents a new paradigm in which this disease may be approached at a formalized, institutional level. Thus the clinical thrombologist working through a Clinical Thrombosis Center can develop a system-of-care approach to link the rapid advances in the field of thromboembolism to clinical applications, formulate evidence-based disease management guidelines, and conduct patient-oriented translational clinical research in VTE.
Spyropoulos
Alex C
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Clinical Thrombosis Center, Lovelace Health Systems, 5400 Gibson Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, NM 87108, USA. alex.spyropoulos@lovelacesandia.com
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William
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D002309:Cardiology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019468:Disease Management; D006405:Hematology / Q000458:organization & administration; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007325:Institutional Practice; D010346:Patient Care Management; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000628:therapy*; D000078329:Workforce