title: Essential thrombocytosis manifested as myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure: two case reports.
abstract: Essential thrombocytosis is a chronic disease characterized by both quantitative and qualitative abnormalities of platelets. These platelet abnormalities have been reported to be associated with a thrombogenic and haemorrhagic tendency. Cardiovascular complications may develop in patients with essential thrombocytosis due to an abnormal thrombogenic and haemorrhagic tendency. In the present case, we report two cases in which essential thrombocytosis manifested as cardiovascular complication, one of the patients had a history of anterior myocardial infarction, and the other one had congestive heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Turkiye Yuksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara Turkey. honur-sahin@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Onur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Menekse
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Turhan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010976:Platelet Count; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013920:Thrombocythemia, Essential / Q000175:diagnosis*