How hibernation and hypothermia help to improve anticoagulant control
Journal article published in 2014 by
Edwin L. de Vrij,
Robert H. Henning 
Abstract
Winter is coming. Some animals successfully cope with the hostility of this season by hibernating. But how do hibernators survive the procoagulant state of months of immobility at very low body temperatures, with strongly decreased blood flow and increased blood viscosity? Changing the coagulation system seems crucial for preventing thromboembolic complications.