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Introducing the Florida Hospital Center for Thrombosis Research

Welcome to the Florida Hospital Center for Thrombosis Research. Originally formed in 1994, this unique facility combines advanced clinical testing services with cutting edge basic and clinical research in the areas of hemostasis and thrombosis. Our web site is designed to be a source of information for health care professionals, patients and their families.

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Our Mission

To provide high quality clinical laboratory testing for the patients and physicians of Florida Hospital and beyond; and to undertake research that is clinically focused, ethically appropriate and fiscally responsible.

Our Expertise

The scientists and technologists of the Center for Thrombosis Research have many years experience in the area of blood coagulation. Our Clinical Laboratory can provide esoteric diagnostic testing, core laboratory services and timely evaluations of instrumentation and reagent systems.

Our Projects

Our scientists are working on multiple projects in the field of hemostasis and thrombosis. In the area of cancer research, we have broad interests in the relationship of blood coagulation to cancer growth and spread, and understanding why cancer patients are more at risk of thrombosis.

Latest News

03-05-13 New study on coagulation changes in ovarian cancer published

FHCTR scientists have published their latest study on coagulation changes in patients with ovarian cancer. The new study, published in Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis, showed that Thromboelastography, a global test of coagulation function, and measurement of D-Dimer, may be helpful in distinguishing ovarian cancers from benign pelvic tumors. The work was conducted in collaboration with the Gynecology Oncology Department at the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute.

03-05-13 FHCTR researchers presented study results at American Society for Hematology meeting

Center for Thrombosis Research scientists presented three papers to the American Society for Hematology meeting last December. Presentations included new data on the asesment of the Protein C anticoagulant pathway using thrombin generation in the presence of endothelial cells, and novel data on platelet activation by anti-beta-glycoprotein 1 antibodies.

06-06-11 FHCTR scientists to present research results in Kytoto, Japan

Center for Thrombosis Research scientists will be presenting the results of three of their research projects at the upcoming (July) International Society for Thrombosis and Hemostasis meetings in Kyto, Japan. The frist of these studies reports on microparticle-associated Tissue Factor in an animal model of pancreatic cancer as a cause of systemic hypercoagulability. The second study suggests that patients receiving heparin flushes during chemotherapy may have sufficient circulating heparin to support platelet activation by bevicizumab.

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Florida Hospital Center for Thrombosis Research
2501 North Orange Avenue
Suite #786
Orlando, FL 32804

Phone: (407) 303-2440 (main office)
Phone: (407) 303-2449 (clinical lab)
Fax: (407) 303-2441

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