Thrombotic Complications after COVID-19 Vaccination : Diagnosis and Treatment Options

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines were developed a few months after the emergence of the pandemic. The first cases of vaccine-induced thrombotic complications after the use of adenoviral vector vaccines ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 by AstraZeneca, and Ad26.COV2.S by Johnson & Johnson/Janssen, were announced shortly after the initiation of a global vaccination program. In these cases, the occurrence of thrombotic events at unusual sites-predominantly located in the venous vascular system-in association with concomitant thrombocytopenia were observed. Since this new entity termed vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT) shows similar pathophysiologic mechanisms as heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT), including the presence of antibodies against heparin/platelet factor 4 (PF4), standard routine treatment for thrombotic events-arterial or venous-are not appropriate and may also cause severe harm in affected patients. Thrombotic complications were also rarely documented after vaccination with mRNA vaccines, but a typical VITT phenomenon has, to date, not been established for these vaccines. The aim of this review is to give a concise and feasible overview of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies in COVID-19 vaccine-induced thrombotic complications.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Biomedicines - 10(2022), 6 vom: 26. Mai

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Guetl, Katharina [VerfasserIn]
Raggam, Reinhard Bernd [VerfasserIn]
Gary, Thomas [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

(autoimmune) heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)
Adenoviral vector vaccines
Anticoagulation
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Journal Article
Review
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
Thrombosis
Thrombosis thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS)
Vaccination
Vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT)

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Date Revised 16.07.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/biomedicines10061246

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NLM342613537