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Management of anticoagulation in patients with subacute heparin-induced thrombocytopenia scheduled for heart transplantation.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Selleng, Sixten Haneya, Assad Hirt, Stephan W. Selleng, Kathleen Schmid, Christof Greinacher, Andreas |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Abstract | Anticoagulation management of patients with recent heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) requiring cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgery is a serious challenge, and especially difficult in patients requiring urgent heart transplantation. As nonheparin anticoagulants during CPB bear a high risk of major bleeding, these patients are at risk of being taken off the transplant list. Short-term use of unfractionated heparin (UFH) for CPB, with restriction of UFH to the surgery itself, is safe and effective in patients with a history of HIT who test negative for antiplatelet factor 4 (PF4)/heparin antibodies. We present evidence that it is safe to expand the concept of UFH reexposure to patients with subacute HIT (ie, those patients with recent HIT in whom the platelet count has recovered but in whom anti-PF4/heparin IgG antibodies remain detectable) requiring heart transplantation, if they test negative by a sensitive functional assay using washed platelets. This can be lifesaving in patients with end-stage heart failure. |
| Starting Page | 1069 |
| Ending Page | 1082 |
| Page Count | 14 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.bloodjournal.org/content/bloodjournal/early/2008/09/12/blood-2008-03-145243.full.pdf?sso-checked=true |
| PubMed reference number | 18791163v1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2008-03-145243 |
| DOI | 10.1182/blood-2008-03-145243 |
| Journal | Blood |
| Volume Number | 112 |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Anticoagulants Blood Platelet Disorders Blood Platelets Cardiopulmonary Bypass Cooley's anemia Heart Transplantation Heart failure Hemorrhage Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Patients Platelet Count measurement Schedule (document type) Transplanted tissue heparin |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |