Roberge, Guillaume; Tritschler, Tobias; MacGillivray, Caleb; Dufresne, Laurence; Nagpal, Sudhir Kumar; Scarvelis, Dimitrios (2020). Persisting autoimmune heparin-induced thrombocytopenia after elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a case report. Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 50(3), pp. 674-677. Springer 10.1007/s11239-020-02062-2
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Persisting heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is characterized by ongoing thrombocytopenia more than 7 days after stopping heparin. It is part of cases referred to as autoimmune HIT (aHIT). In contrast to typical HIT cases, aHIT involves heparin-independent platelet activation mechanism highlighted by a strongly positive functional assay done without heparin. We report the first case of persisting HIT after an elective abdominal aortic aneurysm repair presenting with arterial and venous thrombosis, and describe the potential role of intravenous immunoglobulin in such patients.
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Journal Article (Further Contribution) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine > Centre of Competence for General Internal Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Tritschler, Tobias |
ISSN: |
0929-5305 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Tobias Tritschler |
Date Deposited: |
10 Mar 2020 14:38 |
Last Modified: |
15 Feb 2024 00:25 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1007/s11239-020-02062-2 |
PubMed ID: |
32056070 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Case report Heparin Immunoglobulin Thrombocytopenia Thrombosis |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.140945 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/140945 |
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