Postoperative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura after aortofemoral bypass

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is uncommon in the postoperative setting, even more so after vascular surgery. We present a case of thrombocytopenia after aortofemoral bypass, which highlights the importance of a high index of suspicion for postoperative TTP to avoid life-threatening conse...

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Autores principales: Mainali, Naba R., Aryal, Madan R., Badal, Madan, Bhatt, Vijaya R., Alweis, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Co-Action Publishing 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3715154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23882385
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i4.19797
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author Mainali, Naba R.
Aryal, Madan R.
Badal, Madan
Bhatt, Vijaya R.
Alweis, Richard
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description Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is uncommon in the postoperative setting, even more so after vascular surgery. We present a case of thrombocytopenia after aortofemoral bypass, which highlights the importance of a high index of suspicion for postoperative TTP to avoid life-threatening consequences.
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spelling pubmed-37151542013-07-23 Postoperative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura after aortofemoral bypass Mainali, Naba R. Aryal, Madan R. Badal, Madan Bhatt, Vijaya R. Alweis, Richard J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is uncommon in the postoperative setting, even more so after vascular surgery. We present a case of thrombocytopenia after aortofemoral bypass, which highlights the importance of a high index of suspicion for postoperative TTP to avoid life-threatening consequences. Co-Action Publishing 2013-01-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3715154/ /pubmed/23882385 http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i4.19797 Text en © 2012 Naba R. Mainali et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Postoperative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura after aortofemoral bypass
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title_full Postoperative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura after aortofemoral bypass
title_fullStr Postoperative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura after aortofemoral bypass
title_full_unstemmed Postoperative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura after aortofemoral bypass
title_short Postoperative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura after aortofemoral bypass
title_sort postoperative thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura after aortofemoral bypass
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3715154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23882385
http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/jchimp.v2i4.19797
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