• Ann. Intern. Med. · Apr 2022

    Editorial Comment

    The Epidemiology of Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome: Analogies With Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia.

    • Theodore E Warkentin and Menaka Pai.
    • Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
    • Ann. Intern. Med. 2022 Apr 1; 175 (4): 604605604-605.

    AbstractIn their article, See and colleagues reported a study of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), also known as vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT), a rare complication associated with receipt of the adenoviral-vectored COVID-19 vaccines ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford/AstraZeneca) and Ad26.COV2.S (Janssen/Johnson & Johnson). The editorialists discuss the similarities of TTS with spontaneous heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

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