title: [A case of intracoronary stent implanted for acute myocardial infarction in an elderly patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura].
abstract: A 68-year-old woman with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) was admitted to our hospital with acute myocardial infarction on 7 February 1999. She had been treated since 1991 for mitral stenosis and regurgitation, atrial fibrillation due to mitralism, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia. Chest radiograph on admission showed cardiomegaly with congestion and cardiothoracic ratio was 63%. The platelet count on admission was 22,000/microliter, but she did not have petechia or purpura. Urgent coronary angiography revealed total occlusion in segment 7, and 13 and 75% stenosis in segment 4PD, 9 and 10. Subsequently, direct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was performed in segment 7. Dissection occurred during the intervention, and a coronary stent was implanted, we started heparin infusion and medication with ticlopidine hydrochloride as post-stenting therapy after the intervention, and there was no bleeding tendency.
authors.affiliation: Division of Internal Medicine, Uwajima Social Insurance Hospital.
authors.forename: Sayaka
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujioka
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kukita
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ochi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016553:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic / Q000150:complications*; D015607:Stents