
#391 Hypercoagulable Work-Up with Dr. Jean Connors
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
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The Importance of Family Situations in Oral Contraceptives
The inherited thrombophilias don't really manifest their pro-thrombotic state until people are in their late teens and early twenties, till they go through puberty. There is an association between oral contraceptives in young women who have an inherited factor five Leiden and for thrombogen mutation. The same is true of first Splink vein thrombosis andprothrombogen syndrome. These are unusual and these vascular beds are not understood but it's important to make sure that they do not have a myeloprolative disorder or other clotting condition.
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