title: Acute myocardial infarction requiring mechanical bridge to transplantation in a patient with undiagnosed anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome.
abstract: We present a young man who sustained an acute myocardial infarction with hemodynamic instability requiring placement of a left ventricular assist device and subsequent cardiac transplantation. Hematologic work-up revealed anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of severe acute heart failure due to anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome in which the patient survived through assist device placement and successful transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. readec@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Clifton C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Reade
authors.forename: Rohinton J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Acker
authors.forename: Mariell
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jessup
authors.forename: Michael K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Banbury
authors.forename: Y Joseph
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome