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Acute severe thrombocytopenia after c7E3 Fab (abciximab) therapy in a patient with unstable angina and stenting of the right coronary artery. Occurrence of subacute stent thrombosis and safe readministration of the GPIIb/IIIa inhibitor tirofiban

Bernd C Simon Department of Cardiology
,
Matthias Herzum Department of Cardiology
,
Andreas Klisch Department of Cardiology
,
Markus Schürmann Department of Cardiology
,
Thomas Zeiler Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostaseology, University Hospital Philipps-University of Marburg Marburg, Germany
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Volker Kretschmer Department of Transfusion Medicine and Hemostaseology, University Hospital Philipps-University of Marburg Marburg, Germany
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Bernhard Maisch Department of Cardiology
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Pages 185-188 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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