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Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Historical Overview In 1958 a vascular surgeon, Rodger Weismann, and his resident, Richard Tobin, reported on 10 patients from whom they had extracted unusual platelet-fibrin thrombi that formed during a 1- to 2-week course of treatment with heparin. These physicians…