Fatal cerebral hemorrhage and severe thrombocytopenia during abciximab treatment.

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv

Department A of Cardiology, La Timone Hospital, University of Marseille, France.

Published: February 2000

We describe the case of a fatal cerebral hemorrhage associated with a severe thrombocytopenia (4.0 x 10(9)/l), occurring only 90 min after starting treatment with abciximab, in a patient undergoing primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for an acute myocardial infarction. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:177-180, 2000.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(200002)49:2<177::aid-ccd13>3.0.co;2-jDOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

fatal cerebral
8
cerebral hemorrhage
8
severe thrombocytopenia
8
hemorrhage severe
4
thrombocytopenia abciximab
4
abciximab treatment
4
treatment describe
4
describe case
4
case fatal
4
hemorrhage associated
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!