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ArticleHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2023

Thromboembolism after Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine: Not always PF4- antibody mediated.

Sascha d'Almeida, Sinisa Markovic, Patrick Hermann, Hendrik Bracht, Johannes Peifer, Thomas J Ettrich, Armin Imhof, Shaoxia Zhou, Manfred Weiss, Andreas Viardot and 2 more

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Article in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sascha d'AlmeidaDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Sinisa MarkovicDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Patrick HermannDepartment of Medicine I, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Hendrik BrachtCentral Emergency Department, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Johannes PeiferCentral Emergency Department, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Thomas J EttrichDepartment of Medicine I, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Armin ImhofDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Shaoxia ZhouDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Manfred WeissDepartment of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Andreas ViardotDepartment of Medicine III, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Wolfgang RottbauerDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Tillman DahmeDepartment of Medicine II, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
University Medical Center · USUniversität Ulm · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cases of thromboembolic events in 2021 flared up the discussion about the safety of Astra Zeneca's AZD1222 vaccine. We hereby report three cases of pulmonary embolism (PE), one case of extended portal vein thrombosis, and one case of combined portal vein thrombosis and PE within 2 weeks after vaccination with the Astra Zeneca AZD1222 vaccine in a 60-year-old, a 50-year old, a 33-year-old, a 30-year old, and a 40-year-old male in that year. All patients were healthy before. In three patients, we observed thrombocytopenia and to some extent unusually low antibody levels for the Spike Protein (S-protein), while the other two had normal thrombocyte counts. Only one patient had anti-platelet factor 4 (PF4)-antibodies detectable as it has been described in the "heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT)-like" disease of "vaccine-induced prothrombotic immune thrombocytopenia" (VIPIT) and we therefore assume that heterogeneous mechanisms led to PE. Therefore, we advise to collect and report more cases, in order to determine the age-related risks of vaccination balanced against the benefits of immunity to SARS-COV-2 for the AZD1222 vaccine in order to gain knowledge for the next pandemic.

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