Fatal thrombocytopenic coagulopathy after cardiopulmonary bypass: clinicopathologic correlations implicating heparin

Heparin-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenia after cardiopulmonary bypass is frequently lethal. The propensity for this syndrome generally goes unrecognized because thrombocytopenia is common in the early postoperative period and because testing for heparin-induced platelet antibody may not distin...

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