Non ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in patient with essential thrombocythemia.
A 68-year-old woman presented with acute chest pain and a greatly increased platelet count. Cardiac catheterization revealed subtotal occlusion and a thrombus-like filling defect in the right coronary artery. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous tirofiban. Essential thrombocythemia was diagnosed based on bone marrow findings, clinical presentation and laboratory analysis. The relationship between intracoronary thrombus and essential thrombocythemia is discussed.
Alioglu
Emin
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Central Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Izmir, Turkey. dreminalioglu@yahoo.com.
Tuzun
Nurullah
N
Sahin
Fahri
F
Kosova
Buket
B
Saygi
Serkan
S
Tengiz
Istemihan
I
Turk
Ugur
U
Ozsan
Nazan
N
Ercan
Ertugrul
E