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Primary and secondary hemostasis after vascular injury.
Legend: Primary and secondary hemostasis. Vascular injury leads to vasoconstriction, platelet activation (primary hemostasis) and thrombus formation via coagulation cascade (secondary hemostasis). Ischemic injury can result from thrombosis.
