[Coronary artery bypass grafting and the repair of ventricular septal defect in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura].
A 57-year-old man with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and repair of ventricular septal defect. He had not been taken any treatments for ITP for the last two years and platelet count was only 26,000 on his admission. He received 5 days of intravenous high dose immunoglobulin therapy but there was no significant increase of platelet count. He received platelet transfusion during and after the surgery resulting in good postoperative course and no problems of hemostasis.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiga Seijinbyo Medical Center, Japan.
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D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000150:complications*