Identifying Hemostatic Thresholds in Cancer Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography Based on Platelet Count and Thromboelastography

Identifying Hemostatic Thresholds in Cancer Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography Based on Platelet Count and Thromboelastography

Objectives: To evaluate the role of platelet count and thromboelastogram (TEG) in the treatment of thrombocytopenic cancer patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD).Background: Cancer patients with CAD and thrombocytopenia are often treated non-invasively (i.e., without coronary angiogra...

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Main Authors: Ali M. Agha, Clarence Gill, Dinu Valentin Balanescu, Teodora Donisan, Nicolas Palaskas, Juan Lopez-Mattei, Saamir Hassan, Peter Y. Kim, Konstantinos Charitakis, Mehmet Cilingiroglu, Thein Hlaing Oo, Michael Kroll, Jean Bernard Durand, Cheryl Hirsch-Ginsberg, Konstantinos Marmagkiolis, Cezar Iliescu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
thromboelastogarphy
cancer
thrombocytopenia
coronary angiography
mortality
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcvm.2020.00009/full

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