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Acute limb ischemia secondary to vaccine-induced inmune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19

Authors :
Fernando García-Boyano
Clara M. Castro Ávila
Miguel Arguello-Tomás
Álvaro Moreno Cuervo
José Manuel Ligero Ramos
Cristina Pascual-Izquierdo
Source :
Annals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 100102- (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2022.

Abstract

Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a syndrome that resembles to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). Platelet factor 4 (PF-4) reacts to a vaccine component resulting formation of immune complex that stimulates an autoimmune reaction triggering platelet consumption causing thrombus formation and producing thrombotic events. When suspected is important to confirm for make a correct anticoagulation management to avoid complications related to unfractioned and low weight heparins use.In this report we describe a case of acute limb ischemia secondary to ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (Astrazeneca, Cambridge, UK)

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
27726878
Volume :
2
Issue :
3
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Annals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3a2385cfa2cd4a3c92fcafa5c49761b3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsurg.2022.100102