Suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia in pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: retrospective cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Heparin is given for anticoagulation during and after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Our objective was to add to the limited data available on the incidence, management and outcomes of suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Methods

This retrospective single-centre study included consecutive patients with suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy done in 2005-2018. Confirmed heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia was defined as positive findings from both the antibody test and the platelet aggregation test. Patients with versus without confirmed heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia were com

SUBMITTER: Guimbretiere G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11754861 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature