Lupus anticoagulant, thrombosis, and death

Blood. 2015 May 28;125(22):3371-2. doi: 10.1182/blood-2015-04-638320.

Abstract

In this issue of Blood, Gebhart et al report a prospective observational cohort study evaluating 151 patients with persistently positive lupus anticoagulant (LA) for a median period of 8.2 years. They observed increased mortality in LA-positive patients, mainly due to new thrombotic events.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome / mortality*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor / blood*
  • Male
  • Pregnancy
  • Thrombosis / mortality*

Substances

  • Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor