Ticagrelor causes false negative functional tests for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.
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DOI: 10.1182/blood.2019003582
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… read more here.
Keywords: functional tests; false negative; causes false; ticagrelor causes ... See more keywords
Some common causes of false positive increases in serum levels of cardiac troponins (mini-review).
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DOI: 10.2174/1573403x18666220413124038
Abstract: Cardiac troponin molecules (cTnI and cTnT) are the most valuable and in-demand biomarkers for detecting various types of myocardial damage (reversible and irreversible, ischemic, inflammatory, toxic, etc.) in current clinical practice. These biomarkers are widely… read more here.
Keywords: diagnosis; serum levels; positive increases; causes false ... See more keywords