Injection Site Erythema in a Patient on Therapeutic Anticoagulation with Low Molecular Weight Heparin after Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Rare Presentation of Heparin- and Protamine-Induced Thrombocytopenia

Injection Site Erythema in a Patient on Therapeutic Anticoagulation with Low Molecular Weight Heparin after Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Rare Presentation of Heparin- and Protamine-Induced Thrombocytopenia

Previous exposition to heparin and protamine in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass and postoperative therapeutic anticoagulation with LMWH may lead to the development of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) and/or protamine-induced thrombocytopenia (PIT). This case deals with a rare clinic...

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Main Authors: Caroline Holaubek, Paul Simon, Sabine Eichinger-Hasenauer, Franz Gremmel, Barbara Steinlechner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Immunology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4503598

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