Comparative Analysis of a French Prospective Series of 144 Patients with Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (FRIGTIH) and the Literature.
Yves GruelCaroline VayneJérôme RollinPierre WeberDorothée FailleAnne BautersLaurent MacchiMartine Alhenc-GelasAurelien LebretonEmmanuel De MaistreSophie VoisinValérie Gouilleux-GruartJulien PerrinBrigitte Tardy-PoncetIsmail ElalamyCécile Lavenu-BombledChristine MoutonChristine BironCatherine TernisienFabienne Nedelec-GacJérôme DucheminEmmanuelle De RaucourtIsabelle Gouin-ThibaultLucia RugeriBernard TardyBruno GiraudeauThéodora Bejan-AngoulvantClaire PouplardPublished in: Thrombosis and haemostasis (2020)
This study shows that the mortality rate due to HIT has recently decreased in France, possibly due to earlier diagnosis and improved medical care. It also confirms the strong association between polymorphism FcγRIIA H131R and thrombosis in HIT.