Vincent Richeux February 11, 2025 053 Add to Email Alerts Prevention of gastrointestinal (GI) lesions and hemorrhage in patients receiving antithrombotics relies on gastroprotection with proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) in high-risk individuals. During the recent European Days of the French Society of Cardiology 2025 held in Paris, France, Gilles Macaigne, MD, from the Intercommunal Hospital Group Le Raincy Montfermeil,...
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Scientists’ discovery of blood clotting mechanism could lead to new antithrombotic drugs
by Lehigh University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Under normal, healthy circulatory conditions, the von Willebrand Factor (vWF) keeps to itself. The large and mysterious glycoprotein moves through the blood, balled up tightly, its reaction sites unexposed. But when significant bleeding occurs, it springs into action, initiating the clotting process. When it works properly, vWF helps stop...