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Case Reports
. 2015 May;8(3):649-51.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.115.002096.

Platelet inhibition with ticagrelor for left ventricular assist device thrombosis

Guilherme H Oliveira  1 , Sadeer G Al-Kindi  2 , Chantal ElAmm  2 , Marwan Y Qattan  2 , Salil Deo  2 , Benjamin Medalion  2 , Rodolfo D Benatti  2 , Mohamed N Osman  2 , Mahazarin Ginwalla  2 , Soon J Park  2 , Daniel I Simon  2
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Platelet inhibition with ticagrelor for left ventricular assist device thrombosis

Guilherme H Oliveira et al. Circ Heart Fail. 2015 May.
No abstract available

Keywords: platelet aggregation inhibitor; thrombosis; ticagrelor; ventricular assist device.

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Figure 1. LDH trend in patients 1–4
Red star indicates starting day of ticagrelor treatment.
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