Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage following administration of tirofiban or abciximab: a nemesis of platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors. |
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| Authors: | A Ali S Patil K J Grady T L Schreiber |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiology, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan 48236, USA. arshadali@aol.com |
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| Abstract: | We describe three patients who developed severe pulmonary hemorrhage following administration of tirofiban (one patient) and abciximab (two patients). Pulmonary hemorrhage associated with abciximab use has been described, but to the best of our knowledge there has been no previous reports of this complication with tirofiban. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:181-184, 2000. |
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