1. A rare case of eptifibatide-induced thrombocytopenia.
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Kamar, Khalil, MacDougall, Kira, Alsheikh, Mira, Parylo, Sara, and Skaradinskiy, Yevgeniy
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ACUTE coronary syndrome , *THROMBOCYTOPENIA , *PERCUTANEOUS coronary intervention , *BLOOD platelets , *BLOOD platelet disorders - Abstract
Eptifibatide is a glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa receptor antagonist, used for the treatment of acute coronary syndrome with high-risk features or ongoing ischemia. Several case reports have described thrombocytopenia as a rare side effect of eptifibatide administration. The exact mechanism remains unclear but may be due to immune destruction of circulating platelets in the peripheral blood. We present the case of acute-onset severe thrombocytopenia in a 76-year-old female undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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