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Mechanical hemolytic anemia (100x).

Mechanical hemolytic anemia (100x).
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Author: David Israel Garrido, MD; Matilde Boada, MD
Category: Red Cell: Hemolytic Anemia (HA) > Acquired non-immune HAs > Fragmentation Hemolysis
Published Date: 10/16/2020

Mechanical hemolytic anemia is associated with a mechanically induced damage to red blood cells in certain circumstances such as valvular heart disease. It is frequent to be associated with the presence of schistocytes.