Massive pulmonary embolism due to late-onset heparin-induced thrombocytopenia following coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Successful treatment with lepirudin

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 316-318

  Badmanaban, Balaji ^a   Sachithanandan, Anand ^a   Hunter, Ian ^a   Graham, Alastair ^a   Sarsam, Mazin ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LEPIRUDIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HIRUDINS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0041701405     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8191.2003.02036.x     Document Type: Article

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