Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia, Fourth Edition (Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology)

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Although first reported in 1973, immune heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) remains one of the most potentially devastating and frequent adverse drug reactions encountered by physicians. This Fourth Edition reinforces its standing as the leading guide to the accurate diagnosis and management of HIT by identifying key signs and symptoms of this disorder and providing clear intervention strategies, including detailed information on treatment paradoxes and the use of alternative anticoagulants to manage these critical circumstances.

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THEODORE E. WARKENTIN is Professor, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, and Department of Medicine, McMaster University; and Associate Head, Transfusion Medicine, Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program; and Hematologist, Service of Clinical Hematology, Hamilton Health Sciences, all in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The author, coauthor, or editor of more than 200 professional publications, journal articles, and book chapters, Dr. Warkentin is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American College of Physicians. Dr. Warkentin received theM.D. degree from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, and completed postgraduate studies in internal medicine and clinical hematology, respectively, at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. ANDREAS GREINACHER is Director of the Department of Transfusion Medicine, Institute for Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University-Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany. Dr. Greinacher received the M.D. degree from the Julius Maximilian University, WxFC;rzburg, Germany, and finished training in clinical immunology and transfusion medicine at the Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of more than 200 professional publications, journal articles, and book chapters. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.