Multivessel coronary thrombosis resulting from heparin induced thrombocytopenia

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Iqbal, Rashid ^a   Mulvihill, N T ^a   Nolan, B ^a   Crean, P A ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; HIRULOG; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LEPIRUDIN; THROMBIN INHIBITOR; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INFUSION; HEART INFARCTION; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 35348954760     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: 03323102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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