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. 2020 Dec:196:379-381.
doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2020.08.046. Epub 2020 Sep 1.

Rotational thromboelastometry to assess hypercoagulability in COVID-19 patients

Nadine van Veenendaal  1 , Thomas W L Scheeren  2 , Karina Meijer  3 , Peter H J van der Voort  4
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Rotational thromboelastometry to assess hypercoagulability in COVID-19 patients

Nadine van Veenendaal et al. Thromb Res. 2020 Dec.

Abstract

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The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of the article.

Outside the submitted work, Thomas Scheeren received research grants and honoraria from Edwards Lifesciences (Irvine, CA, USA) and Masimo Inc. (Irvine, CA, USA) for consulting and lecturing and from Pulsion Medical Systems SE (Feldkirchen, Germany) for lecturing. TWLS is chair of the Cardiovascular Dynamics section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM). Not related to the submitted work, Karina Meijer received research grants from Pfizer, and research grants from Bayer and Sanquin and for lecturing, and from Boehringer Ingelheim, BMS and Aspen for lecturing, and from Uniqure for consulting.

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