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Vascular Biology Atherosclerosis Regulation of gene expression in vascular cells Signal transduction in vascular cells Blood vessel development Vascular progenitor and stem cells Vascular tissue engineering Extracellular matrix and cell-matrix interactions Shear stress, rheology, and mechanical signaling responses Endothelial dysfunction Inflammation and cell trafficking

Platelets (Basic) Mechanisms of platelet activation Platelet biochemistry and biology Adhesion and cohesion Novel approaches to understanding platelet biology Platelets and systemic disorders Megakaryocytes and thrombopoiesis Mechanisms of inherited and acquired defects of platelet number and function Basic biology of ADAMTS13 Novel mechanisms of antiplatelet therapy

Coagulation & Fibrinolysis

• Extrinsic pathway of coagulation
• Intrinsic pathway of coagulation
• Contact pathway
• Anticoagulant pathway
• Cofactors
• Proteases
• Inhibitors of coagulation
• Fibrinogen
• Fibrinolysis
• Regulation of coagulation and fibrinolysis

Thrombotic Disorders

• Antiphospholipid antibodies and syndrome
• Risk factors and epidemiology of venous thrombosis
• Arterial vascular diseases
• Hormones, pregnancy, women’s issues
• Animal and experimental models
• Clinical trials
• Intravascular devices and interventions
• Patient education and knowledge transfer
• Pediatric thrombosis
• Post-thrombotic syndrome
• Health service and outcomes
• Cancer and thrombosis
• Venous thrombosis: Diagnosis

Hemorrhagic Disorders

• Hemophilia
• Hemophilia therapy
• Inhibitors: pathogenesis, prevention and treatment
• von Willebrand disease
• Other inherited coagulation disorders
• Acquired coagulation disorders and disseminated intravascular coagulation
• Consultative hemostasis
• Hemorrhagic disorders in children
• Innovative therapies for hemorrhagic disorders

Platelets (Clinical)

• Immunology and treatment of ITP
• Pathophysiology and treatment of HIT
• Pathophysiology and clinical studies of TTP
• Platelet function tests
• Platelets and myeloproliferative syndromes
• Platelet transfusions
• Microparticles
• Platelets and cancer
• Diagnosis and treatment of inherited and acquired platelet disorders
• Patient-oriented studies of antiplatelet therapy
  
  

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