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Post‐Transfusion Purpura Following Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Demir Tolga,
Sahin Mazlum,
El Helin,
Sezer Husnu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/jocs.12462
Subject(s) - medicine , purpura (gastropod) , cardiac surgery , blood transfusion , surgery , ecology , biology
Post‐transfusion purpura (PTP) is a rare disorder characterized by severe thrombocytopenia developing after a blood component transfusion. Ninety percent of the reported cases are women. In this article, we present a case of PTP in a male patient who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting and discuss its management. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12462 (J Card Surg 2015;30:253–255)
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