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World of Cardiovascular Imaging Flipbook. Image of the Week – April 1, 2019

CIL:39057 – http://www.cellimagelibrary.org/images/39057

Description: This

is a colorized scanning electron micrograph showing a blood clot. Once

platelets arrive at the site of injury and form a plug, they activate clotting

factors. Fibrin is the most important clotting factor crosslinking with itself to

form a mesh (shown in this image as a string-like mesh). A blood clot is also

known as a thrombus and if this occurs when it is not required there can be

serious consequences, such as a stroke or a heart attack.

Authors: Kevin

MacKenzie

Licensing: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK:

England & Wales (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 UK) 

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