Journal article
Prospective multicentre cohort study of heparin‐induced thrombocytopenia in acute ischaemic stroke patients
Abstract
Acute ischaemic stroke patients sometimes receive heparin for treatment and/or prophylaxis of thromboembolic complications. This study was designed to elucidate the incidence and clinical features of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) in acute stroke patients treated with heparin. We conducted a prospective multicentre cohort study of 267 patients who were admitted to three stroke centres within 7 d after stroke onset. We examined clinical …
Authors
Kawano H; Yamamoto H; Miyata S; Izumi M; Hirano T; Toratani N; Kakutani I; Sheppard J-AI; Warkentin TE; Kada A
Journal
British Journal of Haematology, Vol. 154, No. 3, pp. 378–386
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
August 2011
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08775.x
ISSN
0007-1048