A fatal complication after repair of post-infarction ventricular septal rupture: heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with thrombosis

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a rare but potentially devastating and life-threatening complication from using heparin. HIT not only causes thrombocytopenia, but it also carries an increased risk for fatal thrombotic complications. In this report, we describe the case of a patient in whom...

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Published in:Cardiovasc J Afr
Main Authors: Nazli, Yunus, Colak, Necmettin, Alpay, Mehmet Fatih, Cakir, Omer, Demircelik, Bora, Cagli, Kerim
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Clinics Cardive Publishing 2015
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763479/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26592990
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2015-001
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