OC 33 - COVID VITT Mechanisms

Moderator(s)

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  Andreas Greinacher, MD

  Professor; Head of Institute
  Transfusion Medicine
  Institut für Transfusionsmedizin, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald.
  Greifswald, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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  Yotis Senis, MSc PhD

  PhD
  Platelet Biology Pharmacology
  Inserm UMR-S1255 / Etablissement Français du Sang / University of Strasbourg
  Strasbourg, Alsace, France

Presentations:

• 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

  Functional studies on the interaction between anti-PF4 antibodies and anticoagulants in vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia
  

  Presenting Author: Anurag Singh, PhD – Institute for Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

  Co-Author: Filip Toma – ​​Institute for Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine, University Hospital Tübingen

  Co-Author: Günalp Uzun, MD – Center for Clinical Transfusion Medicine

  Co-Author: Teresa Wagner – NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen, Reutlingen

  Co-Author: Lisann Pelzl – Institute for Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine, Medical Faculty of Tuebingen, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

  Co-Author: Jan Zlamal – Institute for Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine, Medical Faculty of Tuebingen, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

  Co-Author: Karoline Weich – Institute for Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine, Medical Faculty of Tuebingen, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

  Co-Author: Stefanie Nowak-Harnau – Center for Clinical Transfusion Medicine

  Co-Author: Ulrich Rothbauer – NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen, Reutlingen

  Co-Author: Karina Althaus, MD – Institute for Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine, Medical Faculty of Tuebingen, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

  Co-Author: Tamam Backchoul, MD – Institute for Clinical and Experimental Transfusion Medicine, Medical Faculty of Tuebingen, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
• 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM

  Hyperinflammatory state and death in patients affected by COVID-19: role of vaccines.
  

  Presenting Author: Laura Marchini, MD – University of Perugia

  Co-Author: Maria Cristina Vedovati, MD – University of Perugia

  Co-Author: Cecilia Becattini, PhD – University of Perugia
• 11:15 AM – 11:30 AM

  Absence of Hypercoagulability after nCoV-19 Vaccination: an observational longitudinal study
  

  Presenting Author: Chiara Simion, MD – University of Padova

  Co-Author: Elena Campello – University of Padova

  Co-Author: Cristiana Bulato – Unviersity of Padova

  Co-Author: Luca Spiezia – Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy

  Co-Author: Daniela Tormene – Padova university hospital

  Co-Author: Claudia Radu – Unviersity of Padova

  Co-Author: Sabrina Gavasso – Unviersity of Padova

  Co-Author: Nicola Perin – Unviersity of Padova

  Co-Author: Marta Sartori – Padova University Hospital, Padova, Italy

  Co-Author: Paolo Simioni, MD, PhD – Padua University Hospital
• 11:30 AM – 11:45 AM

  Detection of platelet-activating antibodies associated with VITT by flow cytometry: an italian experience
  

  Presenting Author: Silvia Sorrentino – Unità Malattie Emorragiche e Trombotiche, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Rome, Italy

  Co-Author: Francesca Cesari – Dept Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy

  Co-Author: AnnaMaria Gori – Dept Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy

  Co-Author: Raimondo De Cristofaro, MD, PhD – Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Translational Medicine and Surgery Department

  Co-Author: Betti Giusti – University of Florence, Department of Clinical and Applied Medicine

  Co-Author: Angela A Rogolino – Dept Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy

  Co-Author: Elena Sticchi – Dept Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy

  Co-Author: Erica De Candia – Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Translational Medicine and Surgery Department

  Co-Author: Rossella Marcucci – Dept Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, AOU Careggi, Florence, Italy
• 11:45 AM – 12:00 PM

  Anti-PF4 IgG levels in patients with VITT remain high at 7 months following vaccination and can still activate platelets
  

  Presenting Author: Samantha J. Montague, PhD – University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

  Co-Author: Christopher W. Smith – University of Birmingham

  Co-Author: Clare Lodwick – Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

  Co-Author: Charlotte Stoneley – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

  Co-Author: Matthew Roberts – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

  Co-Author: Gillian Lowe, MD, PhD – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust

  Co-Author: Will Lester – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

  Co-Author: Steve P. Watson – University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

  Co-Author: Philip Nicolson – University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK