Immune thrombocytopenia in association with rheumatic heart disease is not commonly seen. Surgical management of rheumatic heart disease becomes more challenging in the presence of immune thrombocytopenia. The risk of complications increases manifold and judicious medical management before, during, and after surgery is imperative. We discuss two such cases, the complications we faced and the problems we anticipated before, and their prevention. Both patients were managed without using immunoglobulins or doing splenectomy. The literature on valve replacement in patients of immune thrombocytopenia and the implications of immune thrombocytopenia in the management of patients with rheumatic heart disease is also reviewed.
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Nanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R ChinaNanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
Chen, Hongwu
Yang, Bing
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Nanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R ChinaNanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
Yang, Bing
Ju, Weizhu
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Nanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R ChinaNanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
Ju, Weizhu
Zhang, Fengxiang
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Nanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R ChinaNanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
Zhang, Fengxiang
Gu, Kai
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Nanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R ChinaNanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
Gu, Kai
Li, Mingfang
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Nanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R ChinaNanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
Li, Mingfang
Wang, Jing
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Nanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R ChinaNanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
Wang, Jing
Cao, Kejiang
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Nanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R ChinaNanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
Cao, Kejiang
Chen, Minglong
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Nanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R ChinaNanjing Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp 1, Sect Electrophysiol, Div Cardiol, Nanjing 210029, Jiangsu, Peoples R China