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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
[Myocardial infarction in 22 year-old male with essential thrombocythaemia]
Katrine M Müllertz1, Hanne Vestergaard, Henrik Steen Hansen
1Hjertemedicinsk Afdeling B, Odense Universitetshospital, 5000 Odense C, Denmark. kat.mikala@gmail.com
Abstract:
Essential thrombocythaemia (ET) is an acquired myeloproliferative disorder that causes thrombosis and haemorrhage. The association of myocardial infarction with ET is rare. We here describe a 22 year-old male patient with ET who presented with acute myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography showed multi-vessel thrombosis. Percutaneous coronary angioplasty was successfully performed. The patient was treated with abciximab after percutaneous coronary intervention. Bone marrow biopsy confirmed ET; treatment was started with interferon-alpha along with aspirin and clopidogrel without haemorrhagic complications.
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