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Lepirudin as an alternative to "heparin allergy" during cardiopulmonary bypass.

Author(s): Parissis H

Affiliation(s): Cardiothoracic Dept, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvernor Rd, Belfast, BT12 6BA, Northern Ireland. hparissis@yahoo.co.uk

Publication date & source: 2011-04-08, J Cardiothorac Surg., 6:44.

Publication type: Case Reports

A treatment strategy of a difficult and unusual problem is presented. We are reporting a case of a patient who had a documented allergy to heparin and required Cardiac surgery for an ASD closure. The anticoagulation regime used during cardiopulmonary bypass was lepirudin based. This report indicates that r-hirudin provides effective anticoagulation, however unless ECT is monitoring, post operative hemorrhage is encountered. Therefore this case is unique not only because of its rarity but also by the fact that it presents the caveats encountered when ECT is not available.

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