Argatroban in Thrombocytopenic Patients Sensitized to Circulating Protamine-Heparin Complexes

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Oct;31(5):1779-1783. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.03.023. Epub 2017 Mar 22.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Angiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
² Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
³ Department of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Division of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Keywords: HIT; argatroban; heparin; protamine; thrombocytopenia.

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