Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) patients are at high risk for bleeding complications regarding surgeries involving cardiopulmonary bypass. We report an ITP patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who underwent uncomplicated pulmonary endarterectomy with receiving postoperati...

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Autores principales: Yıldızeli, Bedrettin, Yanartaş, Mehmed, Keskin, Sibel, Atagündüz, Işık, Altınay, Ece
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454759/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26090264
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/898371
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author Yıldızeli, Bedrettin
Yanartaş, Mehmed
Keskin, Sibel
Atagündüz, Işık
Altınay, Ece
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description Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) patients are at high risk for bleeding complications regarding surgeries involving cardiopulmonary bypass. We report an ITP patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who underwent uncomplicated pulmonary endarterectomy with receiving postoperative intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy. The positive outcome of this case may suggest that pulmonary endarterectomy surgery is performed safely for ITP patients.
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spelling pubmed-44547592015-06-18 Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura Yıldızeli, Bedrettin Yanartaş, Mehmed Keskin, Sibel Atagündüz, Işık Altınay, Ece Case Rep Vasc Med Case Report Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) patients are at high risk for bleeding complications regarding surgeries involving cardiopulmonary bypass. We report an ITP patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who underwent uncomplicated pulmonary endarterectomy with receiving postoperative intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy. The positive outcome of this case may suggest that pulmonary endarterectomy surgery is performed safely for ITP patients. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4454759/ /pubmed/26090264 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/898371 Text en Copyright © 2015 Bedrettin Yıldızeli et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under 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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Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
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title_fullStr Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
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title_sort pulmonary endarterectomy in a patient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4454759/
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