HIT Antibody Seropositivity and Thromboembolic Events After Cardiac Surgery

• Published in: Blood Vol. 118; no. 21; p. 1159
• Main Authors: Ortel, Thomas L., Welsby, Ian, Kong, David F, Heit, John A., Krakow, Elizabeth, Whitlatch, Nicole, Arepally, Gowthami M., Lee, Grace, Bar-Yosef, Shahar, Williams, Eliot C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 18.11.2011

Abstract 1159▪▪This icon denotes a clinically relevant abstract Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an immune disorder where platelets are activated by antibodies to a complex of platelet factor 4 antigen and heparin (PF4/H), leading to thrombocytopenia (HIT) and, potentially, thrombosis (HITT...