ORIGINAL ARTICLE: PDF OnlySODIAN RALF; LOEBE, MATTHIAS; GORMAN, KIERON F.; RIESS, HANNO; HETZER, ROLANDASAIO Journal: September-October 1997 - p M434 Free Abstract A heparin induced thrombocytopenia Type II (HIT) is a dangerous complication of heparin therapy. Bleeding, but above all serious thromboembolic complications, which may result in crippling disabilities or even death, can develop. Twelve heart surgery patients who were diagnosed with a HIT Type II are reported. Seven of the patients were diagnosed post operatively, the other five pre-operatively. Two of these pa. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
