title: Acute coronary syndrome after infliximab therapy in a patient with Crohn's disease.
abstract: Infliximab is a potent anti-TNF antibody, which is used with great success in Crohn's disease patients. Since its release in clinical practice, several adverse reactions have been observed. The interest in possible consequences of its administration is still high because of the recent introduction of the drug for the long-term maintenance therapy of refractory luminal and fistulizing Crohn's disease. We present a case of acute coronary syndrome (non-STEMI) in a patient with corticoid resistant Crohn's disease after his first dose of infliximab. By reviewing the scant articles that exist in the literature on this topic we made an effort to delineate the possible mechanisms of this phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, "Tzaneio" General Hospital, Piraeus, Greece. kiknios@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: Vasilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Panteris
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perdiou
authors.forename: Vasilios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tsirimpis
authors.forename: Demetrios-Georgios
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Karamanolis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D000069285:Infliximab; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D000069285:Infliximab