Fatal cardiac arrhythmia in a patient with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 331, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 320-321

  Arnold, Paul O ^a   Klink, Daniel ^a   Holmes, Adam K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart arrest; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 33745283002     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000441-200606000-00005     Document Type: Article

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