Population
Patients with increased haemolysis following insertion of heart valve prostheses
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May link hemolysis-related platelet changes to thromboembolism risk after valve replacement; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation.
Increased platelet consumption and decreased adhesive platelets in patients with prosthetic heart valves and hemolysis may explain the high prevalence of thromboembolism in this population.
Myhre et al. (1971) studied this question.
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