Q. A 62 yer-old woman patient presents with dyspnea. Work-up reveals pulmonary embolism. She is started on high dose heparin infusion. During the admission, the patient's platelet count suddenly begins to drop and this morning it is 40,000 per mcL (the patients' admission platelet count was 175,000 per mcL). The patient has no prior history of thrombocytopenia.
Which of the following would NOT be a typical complication of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia?