Roberts WC, Kale IP, Guileyardo JM. Potential cardiac consequences of thrombocytopenia and thrombocytosis.
Cardiovasc Pathol 2018;
37:34-38. [PMID:
30290370 DOI:
10.1016/j.carpath.2018.08.002]
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Abstract
This report illustrates the heart in three patients with cardiac hemorrhages associated with extreme thrombocytopenia, and the hearts in three patients with rocks speculated to result at least in part from organization of thrombi possibly related to thrombocytosis in one or more cardiac chambers.
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