1. Also colour or power Doppler ultrasound identify a low echogenicity thrombus . 2. Arterial thrombosis is the formation of a thrombus within an artery. 3. Anticoagulant therapy is initiated to prevent further enlargement of the thrombus . 4. A thrombus may not be evident in the scan. 5. Also a vein lumen may show echoes without the presence of a thrombus . 6. The thrombus can then be detected by scintigraphy. 7. The thrombus generally forms in the left atrium, most commonly the left auricle. 8. This large burst of thrombin is responsible for fibrin polymerization to form a thrombus . 9. In this vein, the bacteria cause the formation of a thrombus containing these bacteria. 10. The haemostasis system becomes temporarily biased towards thrombus formation, leading to a prothrombotic state.