title: Surgical treatment of a ventricular aneurysm in a patient with essential thrombocythemia complicated by acute myocardial infarction: A case report.
abstract: Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a chronic clonal myeloproliferative disorder, which is often complicated by arterial or venous thrombosis and idiopathic bleeding diathesis. The present study reports a female patient with ET complicated by acute myocardial infarction, leading to ventricular aneurysm following interventional therapy for 3 years and a subsequent in-stent restenosis. Following careful examination, a ventricular aneurysm resection and coronary artery bypass graft were carried out. During this case, the monitoring and controlling of the platelet count, pre- and post-operatively, was extremely important for successful surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing Military Region General Hospital, Beijing 100700, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Dong-Wen
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing Military Region General Hospital, Beijing 100700, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing Military Region General Hospital, Beijing 100700, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Jian-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing Military Region General Hospital, Beijing 100700, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Zhi-Bin
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Xiao
keywords: acute myocardial infarction; essential thrombocythemia; surgical treatment; ventricular aneurysm