Intraoperative antithrombotic drug removal during heart transplantation: A case series from the International Safe and Timely Antithrombotic Removal (STAR) registry
This case series from the ongoing STAR registry shows that intraoperative AT removal is simple and potentially effective in minimizing serious perioperative bleeding in patients on ticagrelor or DOACs undergoing OHT. Prospective, controlled studies in larger cohorts are needed to validate these promising observations.
Authors
- Christian M. Hagl
- Weihong Fan
- Anna L. Meyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4833-8014)
- Filip De Somer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7113-4565)
- Marijana Matejic-Spasic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8346-8831)
- Matthias Thielmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1007-2871)
- Robert F. Storey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6677-6229)
- Michael Schmoeckel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2399-2836)
- Efthymios Deliargyris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1893-7024)
- Nándor Marczin
- Jan D. Schmitto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0344-1405)
- D. Wendt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1074-7200)
- Arjang Ruhparwar
Institutions
- Heidelberg University (DE)
- Ghent University Hospital (BE)
- University Hospital Heidelberg (DE)
- Harefield Hospital (GB)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- CytoSorbents (Germany) (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
- CytoSorbents (United States) (US)
- West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen (DE)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- University of Sheffield (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JHLT Open
- Published
- 2025-08-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhlto.2025.100369
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01
Funders
- CytoSorbents Europe