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. 2008 Sep-Oct;54(5):546-7.
doi: 10.1097/MAT.0b013e3181873681.

Management of a pediatric patient on the Berlin Heart Excor ventricular assist device with argatroban after heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Michael L Schmitz  1 , Patti Massicotte, Sherry C Faulkner, Adnan T Bhutta, Charles E Johnson, Paul M Seib, Elizabeth A Frazier, William P Fiser Jr, Michiaki Imamura, Robert D B Jaquiss
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Management of a pediatric patient on the Berlin Heart Excor ventricular assist device with argatroban after heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Michael L Schmitz et al. ASAIO J. 2008 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

We report a 15-year-old male patient who developed type II heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) after 6 weeks of heparin administration and placement of a Berlin Heart Excor left ventricular assist device (LVAD).

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