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Tingting Wu1, Liang V Tang1, Yu Hu1
1Institute of Hematology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Background:
Many renal diseases have been associated with profound clinical effects on thrombosis. To our knowledge, patients with nephrotic syndrome (NS) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) display an elevated risk of vein thrombosis, which is among the common causes of mortality in patients with renal diseases. In addition, venous thrombosis, as a complication, has also been reported in a variety of other renal diseases such as glomerulonephritis without the NS, hypertensive nephropathy, and polycystic kidney disease. With the increasing incidence of kidney diseases and the deeper understanding of the disease, clinicians are becoming more and more aware of the complications of thrombus formation in kidney disease.
Summary:
We reviewed recent publications of vein thrombosis in kidney diseases, including primary and secondary glomerular diseases, CKD, hereditary kidney disease, renal transplantation, and hemodialysis-induced, catheter-related thrombus, focusing mainly on the main clinical manifestations, possible mechanisms, related risk factors as well as hereditary influencing factors.
Key Messages:
Vein thrombosis is a complicated complication of a wide spectrum of kidney diseases due to different possible underlying mechanisms.
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