Multiple coronary artery graft occlusion in a fatal case of heparin- induced thrombocytopenia

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1492-1495

  Burke, Allen P ^a   Mezzetti, Thomas ^b   Farb, Andrew ^a   Zech, Edward R ^b   Virmani, Renu ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Graft occlusion; Heparin, thrombocytopema; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DANAPAROID; HEPARIN; LEPIRUDIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; THROMBOCYTE ANTIBODY; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0031765894     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.5.1492     Document Type: Article

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