Acute serious thrombocytopenia associated with intracoronary tirofiban use for primary angioplasty

Case Rep Med. 2014:2014:190149. doi: 10.1155/2014/190149. Epub 2014 Mar 10.

Abstract

Tirofiban, a specific glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitor, may cause extensive thrombocytopenia with an incidence of 0.2% to 0.5%. We report the case of a 50-year-old man who developed thrombocytopenia after tirofiban use (both intracoronary and peripheral) over hours and the successful management of this complication after primary percutaneous coronary intervention for acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.