Dabigatran as a therapeutic possibility in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II

Authors

  • F.J. Anniccherico
  • J.L. Alonso
  • M. Urbieta
  • S. Pérez Ricarte

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23938/ASSN.0109

Keywords:

Síndrome de trombocitopenia. Dabigatran etexilato. Tratamiento.

Abstract

El síndrome de trombocitopenia inducido por heparina (HIT) con una incidencia del 0,2-0,5 % en pacientes expuestos a heparina durante más de 4 días, es producido por una alteración inmune con formación de anticuerpos frente al complejo heparina-factor 4 plaquetario, que presenta un amplio espectro de manifestaciones clínicas: siendo la trombocitopenia, los fenómenos trombóticos arteriales/venosos y la necrosis cutánea los más frecuentes. Hasta el momento actual, lepirudina, recientemente suspendida y argatroban (inhibidores directos de la trombina) son los fármacos aprobados y habitualmente usados en el tratamiento, suministrados de forma parenteral. El dabigatran, un nuevo fármaco anticoagulante, inhibidor directo y reversible de la trombina teóricamente podría ser un fármaco empleado en el tratamiento del HIT. Según la bibliografía consultada presentamos el primer caso de HIT tratada con dabigatran en la literatura médica.

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Published

2012-12-30

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Anniccherico F, Alonso J, Urbieta M, Pérez Ricarte S. Dabigatran as a therapeutic possibility in heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II. An Sist Sanit Navar [Internet]. 2012 Dec. 30 [cited 2025 Dec. 21];35(3):521-4. Available from: https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/ASSN/article/view/16045

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