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SUBMITTER: Yoshida R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7180709 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yoshida Ruka R Tanaka Akihito A Yoshioka Naoki N Yokote Jun J
European heart journal. Case reports 20200227 2
<h4>Background</h4>Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) typically responds to heparin termination. Some types of HIT can persist after heparin discontinuation.<h4>Case summary</h4>A 95-year-old woman was referred to the cardiology from orthopaedics because of acute limb ischaemia (ALI) 1 day after surgery of a femoral neck fracture. Despite thrombectomy, ALI relapsed the next day. She had been treated with intravenous antibiotics with a diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia for 1 week until 3 days ...[more]