Heparin and Platelets

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is the most important immune drug-induced thrombocytopenia because of its relatively high frequency and association with arterial and venous thromboembolism. The reported incidence of thrombocytopenia (1 per cent for heparin of porcine mucosal, and 5 per cent for heparin of bovine lung origin) probably represents an underestimate of its true frequency because some patients have a heparin-induced fall in the …