Part 1 book “ABC ofantithrombotic therapy” has contents: An overview of antithrombotic therapy, bleeding risks of antithrombotic therapy, venous thromboembolism - pathophysiology, clinical features, and prevention, and other contents. | ABC OF ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY To Peck Lin, Philomena, and Aloysius To Janet, Edward, Eleanor, and Rosalind ABC OF ANTITHROMBOTIC THERAPY Edited by GREGORY Y H LIP Professor of cardiovascular medicine and director, haemostasis, thrombosis and vascular biology unit, university department of medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham and ANDREW D BLANN Senior lecturer in medicine, haemostasis, thrombosis and vascular biology unit, university department of medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham © BMJ Publishing Group 2003 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers. First published in 2003 by BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, BMA House, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9JR British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7279 17714 Typeset by BMJ Electronic Production and Newgen Imaging Systems Printed and bound in Spain by GraphyCems, Navarra Cover image depicts a deep vein thrombosis scan of a leg vein blocked by a thrombus (blood clot, white) in a patient with deep vein thrombosis. With permission from James King-Holmes/Science Photo .