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Injection Site Erythema in a Patient on Therapeutic Anticoagulation with Low Molecular Weight Heparin after Mechanical Aortic Valve Replacement: A Rare Presentation of Heparin- and Protamine-Induced Thrombocytopenia

Previous exposition to heparin and protamine in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass and postoperative therapeutic anticoagulation with LMWH may lead to the development of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) and/or protamine-induced thrombocytopenia (PIT). This case deals with a rare clinic...

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Autores principales: Holaubek, Caroline, Simon, Paul, Eichinger-Hasenauer, Sabine, Gremmel, Franz, Steinlechner, Barbara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7171645/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32328323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4503598