title: Acute myocardial infarction in a patient with von Willebrand disease.
abstract: Coronary atherosclerosis is uncommon in patients with von Willebrand factor deficiency. Occurrence of acute myocardial infarction is even rarer in these patients. We report on a 69-year-old woman with a long-standing history of von Willebrand disease who presented with acute myocardial infarction. Thrombolytic therapy with rtPA, heparin, and aspirin, followed by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and coronary stenting, was performed without significant bleeding or other complications.
authors.affiliation: St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan 48236, USA.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Schreiber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015607:Stents; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D014842:von Willebrand Diseases / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D006493:Heparin; D001241:Aspirin