Fulminate heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and surgery with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest using bivalirudin.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
After on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery, a patient had acute heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with thoracic arterial and venous thrombus formations. Complex emergency surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest using bivalirudin anticoagulation was performed.
Medical subject headings
- Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced
- Hirudins
- Peptide Fragments
- Thrombectomy
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thrombosis