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Abrupt vessel closure following platelet transfusion post-PTCA
T Gutowski1, G Kauffman, C Lacy
1Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Hypertension, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick 08903-0019.
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis
|August 1, 1991
Abstract:
A successful PTCA was complicated by abrupt closure following a platelet transfusion which was given for control of local bleeding. Possible mechanisms of abrupt closure are discussed. Recommendation is made to avoid giving platelet transfusion following PTCA.