TITLE:
Another Example of Devastating Complication of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia Post-Cardiac Surgery: Is Danaparoid the Culprit of Another Near Fatal Complication?
AUTHORS:
François Béïque, Donald Hickey, Karine Toledano, Jean-Francois Morin
KEYWORDS:
Danaparoid, Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia, Stroke, Emboli
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Clinical Medicine,
Vol.1 No.2,
November
30,
2010
ABSTRACT: We describe a patient who developed catastrophic consequences of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) post car¬diac surgery, for which she required reoperation using CPB. We also illustrate the impact of intraoperative transe¬sophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the surgical management of this patient.