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

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 risk of...

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Autores principales: Crabbe, Andrew, McNeil, John S., Deshpande, Seema P., Kon, Zachary, Pham, Si M., Tanaka, Kenichi A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5814793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492426
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40981-016-0058-1