heparin induced Articles
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A reliable rapid functional lab test to help in diagnosing heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) in daily practice
Recently brought under the spotlights because of the Astra-Zeneca anti-COVID 19 vaccine-associated thrombosis, HIT is a potentially life-threatening complication of treatment with anticoagulant heparin whose diagnostic work-up is still an issue. An article recently published in Biomedicines reported the performance of a rapid flow cytometry-based assay (FCA) as being like the performance of ...
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What Are Heparins?
Heparin, also known as standard heparin or unfractionated heparin, is a linear polysaccharide consisting of 1-4 linked disaccharide repeat units of uronic acid and glucosamine residues. Heparin was discovered nearly 100 years ago and has been used clinically as a blood anticoagulant since 1935. This is due to its ability to bind to the antithrombin(serine protease inhibitor), causing the ...
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