Definition of "microangiopathic" []

• Of, pertaining to or accompanied by microangiopathy (adjective)

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• "Atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome is a rare microangiopathic hemolytic condition characterized by thrombocytopenia and acute renal failure. 1 The prognosis for patients with atypical hemolytic-uremic syndrome with a factor H mutation is poor; 60% have end-stage renal disease or die within a year."
• "Now, only microangiopathic hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia (without other explanation) are required as the threshold for starting treatment."
• "Patients with TMA were excluded if organ failure and cytopenias may have been related to an associated condition and not only to the microangiopathic process, that is, solid organ or hematopoietic stem cell transplant, cancer and chemotherapy, the syndrome of hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, and low platelet count (HELLP), active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or systemic sclerosis, HIV infection and severe sepsis"