Acute myocardial infarction in a patient with von Willebrand disease: pathogenetic dilemmas and therapeutic challenges.
Acute myocardial infarction occurs very rarely in patients with von Willebrand disease, a hereditary bleeding disorder characterized by deficiency of von Willebrand factor. We report a 45-year-old woman with von Willebrand disease who presented with acute anterior myocardial infarction. Percutaneous coronary intervention with adjuvant antiplatelet and antithrombotic therapy was performed without significant bleeding complications.
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014842:von Willebrand Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*
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