[Thrombosis and thrombocytopenia associated with the use of unfractionated heparin in a female patient with unstable angina]

N Manito; J Alio; F Martínez Brotons; H Ballón; C Gausi

[Thrombosis and thrombocytopenia associated with the use of unfractionated heparin in a female patient with unstable angina]

Rev Clin Esp. 1991 Oct;189(5):224-6.

[Article in Spanish]

Authors

N Manito¹, J Alio, F Martínez Brotons, H Ballón, C Gausi

Affiliation

¹ Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de Bellvitge Principes d'Espanya, Barcelona.

PMID: 1666193

Abstract

A case of heparin-induced platelet activation with thrombocytopenia and several arterial emboli in a 60-year-old woman suffering unstable angina is presented. The early recognition of the syndrome, with cessation of heparin and the use of unfractionated heparin, led to an immediate remission of the thrombocytopenia and thromboembolic complications.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Angina, Unstable / complications*
Angina, Unstable / drug therapy
Emergencies
Female
Heparin / administration & dosage
Heparin / adverse effects*
Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / administration & dosage
Humans
Middle Aged
Remission Induction
Thrombocytopenia / chemically induced*
Thrombocytopenia / drug therapy
Thrombosis / chemically induced*
Thrombosis / drug therapy
Time Factors

Substances

Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
Heparin