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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) occurs in 1-2% of patients with acute coronary events or cardiac surgery. Eekels and colleagues report that ticagrelor comedication must be taken into account by laboratory physicians… Click to show full abstract
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) occurs in 1-2% of patients with acute coronary events or cardiac surgery. Eekels and colleagues report that ticagrelor comedication must be taken into account by laboratory physicians for interpretation of functional tests for HIT, as the presence of the drug can cause false-negative results.
Keywords:
functional tests;
false negative;
causes false;
ticagrelor causes;
induced thrombocytopenia;
heparin induced
Journal Title: Blood
Year Published: 2020
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Journal Title: Blood
Year Published: 2020
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