Arterial Thrombosis

Arterial thrombosis sits at the sharp end of atherothrombotic disease: plaque rupture and erosion, stent thrombosis, acute limb ischaemia and thrombus forming in situ in hypercoagulable states. The articles collected here work through platelet biology, the practical trade-offs of antiplatelet selection, anticoagulant intensity and duration, periprocedural bridging, and mechanical options including aspiration and pharmacomechanical thrombectomy. Bleeding is treated as a co-primary concern rather than an afterthought, and the awkward presentations get space too: antiphospholipid syndrome, malignancy-associated thrombosis, heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. For structured reading alongside these posts, see our interventional and acute care titles and the wider cardiology course catalogue.