Literature DB >> 14668894

[Thrombocytopenia and disseminated intravascular coagulation in a patient with left atrial myxoma--a case report].

Wojciech Kucharski1, Wojciech Kosmala, Michał Silber, Rafał Poreba, Bartłomiej Zych, Marian Zembala.   

Abstract

A case of a 47-year-old man, a Jehovah's Witness, with left atrial myxoma is presented. Clinical presentation included several months of thrombocytopenia and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Deterioration of heart failure was complicated by pneumonia and worsening of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Therapeutic challenges related to patient's religious beliefs are discussed.

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Year:  2003        PMID: 14668894

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Kardiol Pol        ISSN: 0022-9032            Impact factor:   3.108


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