Early post-operative thrombosis of the prosthetic mitral valve in patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is one of the most common immune-mediated adverse drug reactions, with frequencies as high as 2-3% for certain groups of post-cardiac surgery patients. We report on an 50-year-old woman with early post-operative thrombosis o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2012-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/23 |