Therapeutic plasma exchange in heart transplantation: role of coagulation assessment with thromboelastometry

Therapeutic plasma exchange in heart transplantation: role of coagulation assessment with thromboelastometry

Abstract Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is a potentially life-saving procedure which effectively removes donor-specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies from the bloodstream, allowing critically ill heart transplant recipients to receive a donor organ with less wait time, and reducing the...

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Main Authors: Andrew Crabbe, John S. McNeil, Seema P. Deshpande, Zachary Kon, Si M. Pham, Kenichi A. Tanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2016-10-01
Series:JA Clinical Reports
Subjects:
Coagulation
Plasma exchange
Fresh frozen plasma
Coagulation factor deficiency
Heart transplantation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40981-016-0058-1

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