Could Daily Monitoring of Fibrin Related Markers Help Suspect a Thrombotic Event in COVID-19 Patients? A Prospective Pilot Study

Michael Hardy; Isabelle Michaux; Alain Dive; Thomas Lecompte; François Mullier

doi:10.1055/s-0041-1728722

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CC BY 4.0 · TH Open 2021; 05(02): e152-e154
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1728722

Letter to the Editor

Could Daily Monitoring of Fibrin Related Markers Help Suspect a Thrombotic Event in COVID-19 Patients? A Prospective Pilot Study

Authors

Michael Hardy

¹Université catholique de Louvain, CHU UCL Namur, Namur Thrombosis and Hemostasis Center (NTHC), Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), Hematology Laboratory, Yvoir, Belgium

²Université catholique de Louvain, CHU UCL Namur, Namur Thrombosis and Hemostasis Center (NTHC), Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), Anesthesiology Department, Yvoir, Belgium
Isabelle Michaux

³Université catholique de Louvain, CHU UCL Namur, Intensive Care Department, Yvoir, Belgium
Alain Dive

³Université catholique de Louvain, CHU UCL Namur, Intensive Care Department, Yvoir, Belgium
Thomas Lecompte‡^*

⁴Division of Angiology and Hemostasis - Geneva Platelet Group, Departement of Medicine, Université de Genève et Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland
François Mullier^*

¹Université catholique de Louvain, CHU UCL Namur, Namur Thrombosis and Hemostasis Center (NTHC), Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), Hematology Laboratory, Yvoir, Belgium

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