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Severe platelet transfusion refractoriness after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair

Claire M Motyl1, S Danielle Phillips1, Jori E May2

  • 1Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
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Crawford extentSpinal cord ischemiaThoracoabdominal aortic aneurysmThrombocytopenia

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