title: Severe thrombocytopenia soon after drug-eluting stent implantation in ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
abstract: Thrombocytopenia is among the most frequent haematological issues in patients hospitalised with myocardial infarction. We discuss the case of a 77-year-old male who was admitted to hospital on the 4(th) hour of ST-elevation myocardial infarction of the anterior wall. A percutaneous coronary intervention to critically stenoted initial segment of the anterior descending branch was performed. A few days later he started developing symptomatic thrombocytopenia. On the course of his long hospitalization we faced many important problems, concerning both diagnosis and treatment of these co-existing conditions.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Clinical, Physiotherapy Division, 2 Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Bielański Hospital, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Łebek-Szatańska
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Clinical, Physiotherapy Division, 2 Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Bielański Hospital, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pośnik-Kisło
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Clinical, Physiotherapy Division, 2 Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Bielański Hospital, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Wiesława
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Błaszak-Ciećwierska
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Clinical, Physiotherapy Division, 2 Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Bielański Hospital, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dąbrowski
keywords: coronary angioplasty; myocardial infarction; trombocytopenia