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.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4763479 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2015-001 | DOI Listing |
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