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ArticleAnnals of cardiac anaesthesia

Acute renal failure due to bilateral renal vein thromboses: A rare complication of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia.

Allan M Klompas, Robert C Albright, Simon Maltais, Onur Demirci

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Article in Annals of cardiac anaesthesia. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Allan M KlompasDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Robert C AlbrightDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Simon MaltaisDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Onur DemirciDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Mayo Clinic · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia type II is a rare but devastating complication of heparin exposure. We review a case of a 66-year-old female who underwent aortic valve surgery requiring venoarterial extracorporeal membranous oxygenation (ECMO) support postoperatively. She subsequently developed acute renal failure due to bilateral renal vein thromboses and thrombocytopenia and was found to have platelet factor 4/heparin antibodies and was diagnosed with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT). She was transitioned to nonheparin anticoagulation and her thrombocytopenia improved. Although a rare complication of anticoagulation, diagnosing HIT in a patient on ECMO requires a high index of suspicion and should be considered.

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Acute Kidney InjuryAgedAnticoagulantsDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleHeparinHumansRenal VeinsThrombocytopeniaVenous ThrombosisAnticoagulantsHeparinECMOheparin-induced thrombocytopeniarenal vein thromboses

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PMID30971604
PMCPMC6489386
OpenAlexW2938022939

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