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How do you advise a patient with VTE on indefinite anticoagulants regarding the Ad26.COV2.S Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID vaccine?

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Hematology · Gundersen Health
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The thrombotic events seen with the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine do not appear to be associated with a prior history of clotting events. It seems to be a different entity, similar to heparin induced thrombocytopenia, with clinical presentation of thrombosis and thrombocytopenia.

Muir et al., PMID 33852795

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