Thrombosis classification
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editors-in-Chief: Ujjwal Rastogi, MBBS [2]
Classification
There are two broad forms of thrombosis, arterial and venous. They are somewhat distinct in their underlying pathophysiology, but there is also a degree of overlap in the underlying pathophysiology.
Thrombosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arterial thrombosis | Venous thrombosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superficial thrombosis | Deep thrombosis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deep venous thrombosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
hepatic vein thrombosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portal vein thrombosis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Others | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) are manifestations of a single disease entity, called, venous thromboembolism (VTE).
You can read more about each of the conditions separately here:
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