Argatroban anticoagulation for heparin induced thrombocytopenia in patients with ventricular assist devices

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-335

  Pappalardo, F ^a   Scandroglio, A M ^a   Potapov, E ^b   Stepanenko, A ^b   Maj, G ^a   Krabatsch, T ^b   Zangrillo, A ^a   Koster, A ^c   Hetzer, R ^b  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argatroban; Heparin; Thrombocytopenia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARGATROBAN; BILIRUBIN; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPYRIDAMOLE; LEPIRUDIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOELASTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HEPARIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PIPECOLIC ACIDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857572411     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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