Thrombocytopenia with Impella: Not a HIT

Arnold H Seto^{1

2

3}, Morton J Kern^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, California, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.

Arnold H Seto et al. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2023.

. 2023 Feb 9.

doi: 10.1002/ccd.30588. Online ahead of print.

Arnold H Seto^{1

2

3}, Morton J Kern^{1

3}

¹ Department of Medicine, VA Long Beach Healthcare System, Long Beach, California, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.

No abstract available

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