Haemorrhagic shock due to spontaneous splenic haemorrhage complicating antiplatelet therapy: endovascular management

• Main Authors: Garge S Shaileshkumar (Author), Keshava N Shyamkumar (Author), Ahmed Munawwar (Author), Purushothaman Vijayan (Author), Perakath Benjamin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Spontaneous splenic haemorrahge and rupture is a rare but life-threatening condition requiring urgent diagnosis and treatment. Splenic haemorrhage and rupture precipitated by thrombolytic or antiocoagulant therapy has been reported frequently in the literature, but only two cases due to ticlopidine...