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Vaccine-Inducted Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia and Covid-19 Vaccines: Case Series Cover

Vaccine-Inducted Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia and Covid-19 Vaccines: Case Series

Open Access
|Apr 2022

Abstract

Vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) is a condition similar to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), but it is associated with prior administration of COVID-19 vaccines without prior exposure to heparin. The incidence of VITT is not certain, but it appears to be extremely rare. Reports of unusual and severe thrombotic events, including cerebral and splanchnic venous thrombosis and other autoimmune adverse reactions, such as immune thrombocytopenia or thrombotic microangiopathies in connection with some of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, have caused a great deal of concern within the population and the medical community. We would like to present 4 clinical cases of VITT, hospitalized and treated in intensive care unit (ICU) of University clinic of cardiology in Skopje.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/prilozi-2022-0005 | Journal eISSN: 1857-8985 | Journal ISSN: 1857-9345
Language: English
Page range: 49 - 55
Published on: Apr 22, 2022
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2022 Emilija Lazarova Trajkovska, Irena Mitevska, Marijan Bosevski, Collaborators: Elena Grueva Nastevska, Ana Chelikikj, Atanas Gjorgjievski, published by Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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