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Massive epistaxis in a patient with Eisenmenger syndrome: illustrating the clot-versus-bleed conundrum
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- Published on: 7 August 2018Erythrocytosis versus polycythaemia in Eisenmenger syndrome: not a conundrumShow More
We should comment on the case report by Liu et al. highlighting the difficulties in treating patients with Eisenmenger syndrome(1). The haematological complications of cyanotic congenital heart disease are well described in literature, since the systematic description of the condition by Paul Wood in 1958(2). This paradoxical state of affair between bleeding and thrombotic diathesis continues to puzzle us. Bleeding, typical...
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