Impact of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia on Outcome in Patients with Ventricular Assist Device Support: Single-Institution Experience in 358 Consecutive Patients

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-76

  Koster, Andreas ^a   Huebler, Sabine ^a   Potapov, Evgenij ^a   Meyer, Oliver ^b   Jurmann, Michael ^a   Weng, Yuguo ^a   Pasic, Miralem ^a   Drews, Thorsten ^a   Kuppe, Hermann ^a   Loebe, Matthias ^a,c   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; HEPARIN; ILOPROST; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEPIRUDIN; THROMBOCYTE FACTOR 4; TIROFIBAN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 33845502898     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.05.077     Document Type: Article

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