IMPACT OF CONTACT SYSTEM ON CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Volume 34, Number 3 (2024)

Julija Valaitienė Abstract Contact and intrinsic coagulation pathway components are involved in pathological thrombus formation. In addi­tion to coagulation, contact system activation is involved in anti/profibrinolytic and inflammatory processes that can contribute to the atherosclerotic and thrombotic en­vironment, leading to cardiovascular diseases. This lite­rature review concerns the role of the contact system on cardiovascular diseases…

The Role of Cmr Imaging for the Differential Diagnosis of Right-Sided Intracardiac Masses: a Case Report

Volume 24, Number 4 (95) (2014)

Nomeda Valevičienė, Žaneta Petrulionienė, Laura Keinaitė, Marius Urbonas Abstract Materials and methods: intracardiac masses are describedas abnormal structures inside the heart orimmediately concerned to the heart [1] and can beclassified as a cardiac tumor, metastasis, ,,thrombusin situ”/,,embolus in transit”, vegetation or iatrogenicmaterial [2, 3]. The precise diagnosis is essentialdue to the necessity of the expedient…