Background. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been reported and is associated with
poor outcome in the course of thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA). However, data are very …

Methods The Institutional Review Board for protection of human subjects approved the
study. We searched the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) medical index from 1976 to 2002 for …

Thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) is a recognized complication of malignant hypertension
(HTN). Such patients have blood pressures≥ 200/140 mmHg but the condition is defined by …

Results We identified primary thrombotic microangiopathies in 33 of 564 patients (6%;
thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: 18 of 564 [3%]; atypical hemolytic and uremic …

Background Thrombotic microangiopathy (TM) is characterized by thrombocytopenia and
microangiopathic hemolytic anemia in association with diffuse microthrombi in the arteriolar …

Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) are
syndromes of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, and thrombocytopenia in which …

Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA s) are frequently difficult to differentiate clinically, and
measurement of ADAMTS 13 (a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with a thrombospondin …

Objectives: Pathologists specializing in transfusion medicine, apheresis medicine, and/or
coagulation are often consulted by clinicians to reach a diagnosis for patients with …

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare hematologic disorder (annual
incidence of 11.3 cases per 1 million population), characterized by microangiopathic …

An un der rated com pli ca tion of re nal trans plan ta tion. Af ter kid ney trans planta tion
throm botic microangiopathy (TMA) may re cur in pa tients with pre vi ous hemolytic uremic …