Fatal cerebral hemorrhage and severe thrombocytopenia during abciximab treatment.

We describe the case of a fatal cerebral hemorrhage associated with a severe thrombocytopenia (4.0 × 109/l), occurring only 90 min after starting treatment with abciximab, in a patient undergoing primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for an acute myocardial infarction. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:177–180, 2000. © 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.