SUCCESSFUL HEPARIN DESENSITIZATION AFTER HEPARIN-INDUCED ANAPHYLACTICSHOCK

Anaphylactic reactions to heparin are rare. The incidence of such reac tion has further declined after the introduction of the highly purifie d heparin. We recently encountered a patient with unstable angina who developed anaphylactic reaction after intravenous injection of bovine mucous heparin sodium. The patient was successfully desensitized befor e coronary bypass surgery, a procedure that requires the administratio n of large doses of heparin.