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Aortic valve replacement in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
T Kumamoto1, S Higashi, T Sumida
1Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shizuoka Red Cross Hospital, Japan.
The Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery : Official Publication of the Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery = Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai Zasshi
|June 8, 1999
Abstract:
A patient with aortic regurgitation and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura underwent a successful valve replacement. Cardiac surgery requiring a cardiopulmonary bypass in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura can be safely carried out with the preoperative intravenous administration of high-dose gammaglobulin, which may thereby reduce the need for either perioperative transfusion or prophylactic splenectomy.