Rapidly progressive coronary artery disease as the first manifestation of antiphospholipid syndrome.
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is an autoimmune multisystem disorder characterised by high incidence of arterial and venous thrombosis. Cardiovascular manifestations also include valvular heart disease, ventricular thrombi and higher risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). In this case report, we describe a 61-year-old woman who had no significant risk factors for CAD, and presented with aggressive disease in native and graft vessels that required multiple coronary interventions. The extent of her aggressive CAD could not be explained by her risk factors profile. Therefore autoantibodies screening was carried out and showed a strongly positive anticardiolipin and β2 glycoprotein-I antibody, and hence a diagnosis of antiphospholipid syndrome was made.
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
Abdullah Sayied
AS
Abdullah
Hatim
H
Yagoub
Thomas J
TJ
Kiernan
Caroline
C
Daly
D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000209:etiology*; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors