The use of computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) to assess the presence of blood clots in lung blood vessels increased significantly in people with sickle cell disease (SCD) after 2020, a study in Bahrain shows. The study indicates that a third of patients underwent several scans, many of which…
Researchers have developed a modelling system of tiny blood vessels to track inflammation-driven blood clot formation that can cause complications in sickle cell disease (SCD) and other conditions. “One of the biggest things about being able to create [blood clots] under inflammatory conditions is that we are now able…
Abnormal sickle-shaped red blood cells characteristic of sickle cell disease (SCD) change the structure and dynamics of blood clots’ formations in veins, a study in mice and human blood shows. Such changes may explain why SCD patients are at higher risk for venous thromboembolisms. The study with those findings, “…
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