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Fatal cerebral hemorrhage and severe thrombocytopenia during abciximab treatment
B Vahdat1, I Canavy, L Fourcade
1Department A of Cardiology, La Timone Hospital, University of Marseille, France.
We describe the case of a fatal cerebral hemorrhage associated with a severe thrombocytopenia (4.0 x 10(9)/l), occurring only 90 min after starting treatment with abciximab, in a patient undergoing primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for an acute myocardial infarction. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:177-180, 2000.
We describe the case of a fatal cerebral hemorrhage associated with a severe thrombocytopenia (4.0 x 10(9)/l), occurring only 90 min after starting treatment with abciximab, in a patient undergoing primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for an acute myocardial infarction. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:177-180, 2000.