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Emosis Diagnostics SAS 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. ...
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HIT Weekly Series Episode 6 - Conclusions
Today, HIT remains a critical clinical context in many hospital settings, when heparin, mainly unfractionated, is used in cardiology, intensive care units, or ECC, including CPB and increasingly ECMO. This is a paradoxal disease, as this ...
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Measurement of Heparin Dependent Antibodies with Immunoassays
Immunoassays for heparin dependent antibodies have been introduced since the discovery of PF4 as the major target antigen in presence of heparin. Different immunoassay presentations are available, and interestingly heparin can ...
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Pathogenicity of Heparin Dependent Antibodies
Many of the heparin dependent antibodies, including those with the IgG isotype, are asymptomatic, and only a subgroup of antibodies is positive in platelet activation assays. What differentiates pathogenic from asymptomatic antibodies is not fully ...