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1585774

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-18
pubmed:abstractText
Thromboembolic complications in beta-thalassemia major have seldom been reported and their association with risk factors such as left ventricular failure and postsplenectomy thrombocytosis has remained speculative. In this report we describe 4 patients with unusual thromboembolic manifestations: recurrent arterial occlusion, recurrent pulmonary thromboembolism, venous thrombosis and a fatal cerebrovascular event. Although in all patients both risk factors were present, the precise causes for their thromboembolic complications were not identified. In 1 patient, however, a marked increase in hematocrit following blood transfusion resulted, in all likelihood, in a fatal cerebrovascular infarction. We suspect that these patients (constituting 4% of our beta-thalassemic group) represent a subset of those with high susceptibility to both arterial and venous thromboembolic complications.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5792
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
71-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Thromboembolic complications in beta thalassemia major.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Hematology, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports