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Cardiovasc J Afr
; 26(3): e11-5, 2015 May 23.
Artículo
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26592990
RESUMEN
Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a rare but potentially devastating and life-threatening complication from using heparin. HIT not only causes thrombocytopenia, but it also carries an increased risk for fatal thrombotic complications. In this report, we describe the case of a patient in whom fatal HIT developed after successful surgical repair of a posterior post-infarction ventricular septal rupture with cardiopulmonary bypass.