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Cutaneous Microangiopathic Thrombosis Complicated by Pyoderma Gangrenosum in Post-Cardiac Surgery Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopaenia.

Luthra S, Theodore S, Liava'a M, Atkinson V, Tatoulis J

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

Thrombotic cutaneous gangrene is a rare complication of heparin-induced thrombocytopaenia after cardiac surgery. We report a case and discuss management issues with cardiopulmonary bypass for cardiac surgery in this condition.

Published 31 March 2008 in Heart Lung Circ.
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