Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Associated with Massive Intracardiac Thrombosis: A Case Report

A 60-years old patient was admitted to a community hospital with septic arthritis. He was treated with antibiotics and subcutaneous unfractionated heparin (UH) was used for venous thromboprophylaxis. After three days, he developed leg deep venous thrombosis and was treated with IV heparin. One day l...

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Main Authors: Atheer Ahmed, Hamid AL-Mondhiry, Truman J. Milling, David Campbell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/257023
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