Open AccessSevere thrombocytopenia in tetralogy of Fallot patients: A contraindication for corrective surgery?
Author(s) -
Sanath Patil,
Jay Relan,
Milind Padmakar Hote,
Shyam Sunder Kothari
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/apc.apc_71_18
Subject(s) - medicine , tetralogy of fallot , contraindication , corrective surgery , surgery , cardiology , cardiac surgery , heart disease , pathology , alternative medicine
A 3-year-old boy with tetralogy of Fallot and recurrent cyanotic spells was found to have severe thrombocytopenia with platelet counts in the range of 11-30,000/mm 3 . There was a hesitation to operate in view of the high bleeding risk due to profound thrombocytopenia. However, the total correction was done after excluding other causes of thrombocytopenia. His platelet count dramatically improved after the operation.