Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: Case report and literature review

Neurocritical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-165

  Fesler, Mark J ^a   Creer, Michael H ^a   Richart, John M ^a   Edgell, Randall ^a   Havlioglu, Necat ^a   Norfleet, Gershom ^a   Cruz Flores, Salvador ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Argatroban; Cerebral venous infarction; Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis; Heparin induced thrombocytopenia; Rheolytic thrombectomy

Indexed keywords

ARGATROBAN; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ENOXAPARIN; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; HEPARIN; HEPARIN PLATELET FACTOR 4 ANTIBODY; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARM WEAKNESS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL SINUS THROMBOSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEATH; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; REVIEW; SINUS VENOSUS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; SINUS THROMBOSIS, INTRACRANIAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 80052621197     PISSN: 15416933     EISSN: 15560961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12028-009-9320-y     Document Type: Review

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