Can TPO agonists, like avatrombopag or lusutrombopag, be used for patients with chronic thrombocytopenia and new acute portal vein thrombosis?
Do the presence of gastric varices and use of anticoagulation change the way you think about using these agents?
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Hematology · University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
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A caveat before answering - these tend to be very difficult clinical situations in a population that often has cirrhosis and has a very difficult-to-predict hemostatic picture (whether they are prohemorrhagic or prothrombotic from the underlying liver disease).
I would refer you to some of the excell...
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