Word: thrombus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Moreover, Dr. James F. Mustard of Hamilton, Ont., asked for a new look at the phenomenon of clotting inside blood vessels, including coronary arteries. In the past ten years, he said, it has been shown that formation of a thrombus that will plug an artery is a complex process following an inflammatory reaction and involving an aggregation of platelets, the smallest solid elements in the blood. It may be possible, he suggested, to use anti-inflammatory drugs to control or prevent some kinds of thrombus formation. But by the same token, it may be unwise to give such drugs-even...