Severe thrombocytopenia induced by iodinated contrast after coronary angiography: The use of gadolinium contrast and intravascular ultrasound as an alternative to guide percutaneous coronary intervention
Acute contrast-induced thrombocytopenia is a rare event with the use of modern low osmolarity iodinated contrast media. The pathophysiological mechanism that causes platelet counts to drop has not been identified, but an immunological mechanism is suspected due to cytotoxicity after previous exposur...
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Elsevier
2017-01-01
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Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition) |
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by José María Cubero-Gómez, Francisco J. Guerrero Márquez, Luis Diaz-de la-Llera, Mónica Fernández-Quero, Agustín Guisado-Rasco, Manuel Villa-Gil-Ortega
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