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Successful intraprocedural anticoagulation with bivalirudin during pulmonary vein isolation in a patient with known heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II

We report the case of a 56-year-old female who presented with symptomatic paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Anamnestic heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) type II was suspected, and a rapid diagnostic test showed antibodies against platelet factor 4. The heparin-induced platelet activation-assay wa...

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Autores principales: Bellmann, Barbara, Nagel, Patrick, Muntean, Bogdan G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4823570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27092199
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2015.10.004