title: Multiple episodes of arterial thrombosis in a young man with protein C deficiency: a case report.
abstract: A 23-year-old young adult, who had no previous illness, suffered from anterior wall acute myocardial infarction, right renal infarction and occlusion of the left distal brachial artery, popliteal artery, and tibioperoneal trunk artery within six months. He had a habit of smoking but denied a history of drug abuse. Protein C deficiency was diagnosed via the examination of a hypercoagulable panel. The investigation of the hypercoagulable state is essential in young adults with an unusual presentation of artery occlusion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yi-Chiao
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Chien-Sung
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Yi-Chang
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chih-Hong
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Yi-Ting
authors.initials: YT
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D056988:Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D001780:Blood Coagulation Tests; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D054059:Coronary Occlusion / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017128:Embolectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D020151:Protein C Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants