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Incidence and features of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in mechanical heart valves and immunologic cardiac diseases

Manzoor H Mangi*, Ulrich Stock, Kanval Ali, Eftychia Galiatsou, Visuvanathan Jeyakumar, Ana Hurtado Doce, Paul Harris and Sunil K Bhudia

Published: 05 January, 2022 | Volume 6 - Issue 1 | Pages: 001-008

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Figure 2:

Remitting and relapsing HIT: 63-y male with mitral valve and aortic valve replacement surgery. Development of HIT-complication after urgent mechanical AVR and mechanical MVR on a background of AF and CCF. Patients’ HIT relapsed on Argatroban with LA thrombus on Trans Thoracic ECHO-(TTE). The patient was rescued with intravenous immunoglobulin (IV IG) 1g/kg for two days. After discharge patient is continuing on long-term Warfarin.

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