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Volume 337:1389 November 6, 1997 Number 19
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Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia with Thromboembolic Arterial Occlusion Treated with Recombinant Hirudin

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To the Editor: Lepirudin (Refludan) is a genetically engineered recombinant form of hirudin that is used for anticoagulation therapy in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia due to heparin-dependent antiplatelet antibodies.1 We report a case of combined intraoperative and postoperative lepirudin treatment of a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and acute arterial occlusion.

A 60-year-old woman (weight, 71 kg; height, 160 cm) had been receiving 7500 IU of unfractionated heparin sodium twice a day subcutaneously for five days for prophylaxis against venous thrombosis while a paraspinal cystic lesion in the region of the thoracic spine was being investigated. She was transferred to our . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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