IJOTM 2008-6490 5 2 2014 05 04 Management of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia with Fondaparinux in a Patient with Left Ventricular Assist Device 83 86 EN V Velagic J Samardzic University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. jure.samardzic@gmail.com Z Baricevic B Skoric M Cikes H Gasparovic B Biocina D Milicic 2013 11 30 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia is an immune-mediated serious adverse effect of heparin therapy. It is a relatively frequent complication among patients with mechanical circulatory support. Herein, we present a patient with severe heart failure and sepsis who developed heparin- induced thrombocytopenia shortly after implantation of left ventricular assist device as a bridge to transplantation and who was successfully treated with fondaparinux.