title: Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura.
abstract: Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) patients are at high risk for bleeding complications regarding surgeries involving cardiopulmonary bypass. We report an ITP patient with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension who underwent uncomplicated pulmonary endarterectomy with receiving postoperative intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy. The positive outcome of this case may suggest that pulmonary endarterectomy surgery is performed safely for ITP patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Bedrettin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yıldızeli
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kartal Koşuyolu Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yanartaş
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Muğla, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keskin
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Işık
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Atagündüz
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Kartal Koşuyolu Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ece
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Altınay