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How do you approach anticoagulation in patients with catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome and thrombocytopenia?

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Hematology · The Cleveland Clinic
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Due to the rarity of CAPS, there are no evidence-based guidelines available and most treatment is empiric or based on expert guidance. Most would agree that the mainstay of treatment is anticoagulation, and the preferred anticoagulant is unfractionated heparin. In a recent guideline paper, therapeut...

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