Case conference. A 51-year-old man requires a heart transplant using cardiopulmonary bypass and has a heparin-related immune thrombocytopenia.
Howie
M B
MB
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA.
Suntay
G J
GJ
Myerowitz
D P
DP
Galbraith
T A
TA
Brandt
J T
JT
Addonizio
V P
VP
Ellison
N
N
D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006493:Heparin / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced*
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin