Treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with fondaparinux

Anticoagulation of patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) may be limited by cross-reaction of HIT antibodies with danaparoid and generation of antibodies during therapy with lepirudin. We used fondaparinux to treat 6 patients with a history of HIT with thromboembolism and 2 patients wi...

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Main Authors: Harenberg, Job (Author) , Jörg, Ingrid (Author) , Fenyvesi, Tivadar (Author)
Format: Article (Journal) Editorial
Language:English
Published: 2004
In: Haematologica
Year: 2004, Volume: 89, Issue: 8, Pages: 1017-1018
ISSN:1592-8721
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://haematologica.org/article/view/3180
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Author Notes:J. Harenberg, I. Jorg, T. Fenyvesi
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Summary:Anticoagulation of patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) may be limited by cross-reaction of HIT antibodies with danaparoid and generation of antibodies during therapy with lepirudin. We used fondaparinux to treat 6 patients with a history of HIT with thromboembolism and 2 patients with thrombocytopenia during low-molecular-weight heparin administration.
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ISSN:1592-8721