Treatment of pulmonary embolism with argatroban and ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis with alteplase in a patient with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
- 1 August 2017
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy
- Vol. 74 (15), 1153-1157
- https://doi.org/10.2146/ajhp160368
Abstract
Successful ultrasound-assisted catheter-directed thrombolysis (USAT) with low-dose alteplase and argatroban in a patient with bilateral pulmonary embolism (PE) secondary to heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is reported.Keywords
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