Heparin induced thrombocytopenia diagnosis in cardiac surgery: is there a role for thromboelastography?
Ilias A. Kouerinis 1*,
Antonios Kourtesis 1,
Mahmoud El-Ali 2,
Theodoros Sergentanis 3,
Athena Plagou 1,
Michalis Argiriou 2,
Nikolaos Theakos 4,
Aikaterini Giannakopoulou 1
1 Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
2 Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece
3 University of Athens, Greece
4 Medical Center of Athens, Greece
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ikouerinis{at}hotmail.com.
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The aim of the present protocol is to investigate the potency of thromboelastography (TEG) to screen postcardiac HIT patients suspicious for HIT type II, and to differentiate which of them are subject to suffer thrombotic complications from those who will suffer hemorrhagic complications. Keywords: Thromboelastography; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT); DIC; Screening test; CPB; Complications
