Intracardiac thrombosis in essential thrombocythemia / Trombosis intracardiaca en trombocitemia esencial

Patients with Essential Thrombocythemia pose a variety of anesthetic challenges including a heightened risk of perioperative thrombosis. This condition is also associated with perioperative hemorrhage, risk for developing heparin induced thrombocytopenia type 2 during cardiac surgery and digital gangrene from radial artery catheterization.

Los pacientes con trombocitemia esencial plantean una variedad de desafíos anestésicos, incluido un mayor riesgo de trombosis perioperatoria. Esta condición también se asocia con hemorragia perioperatoria, riesgo de desarrollar trombocitopenia tipo 2 inducida por heparina durante la cirugía cardíaca y gangrena digital por cateterismo de la arteria radial.