Journal article
Epidemiology of VITT.
Abstract
Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a life-threatening syndrome of aggressive thrombosis, often profound thrombocytopenia, and frequently overt disseminated intravascular coagulation. It has been associated with 2 adenovirus vector COVID-19 vaccines: ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AstraZeneca) and Ad26.COV2.S (Janssen). Unlike the myriad of other conditions that cause thrombosis and thrombocytopenia, VITT has an important …
Authors
Pai M
Journal
Semin Hematol, Vol. 59, No. 2, pp. 72–75
Publication Date
April 2022
DOI
10.1053/j.seminhematol.2022.02.002