Recurrent myocardial infarctions and premature coronary atherosclerosis in a 23-year-old man with antiphospholipid syndrome

Thromb Haemost. 2016 Jan;115(2):237-9. doi: 10.1160/TH15-05-0412. Epub 2015 Oct 1.

Authors

Rocco Vergallo, Aaron D Aguirre, Farhad Abtahian, Yoshiyasu Minami, Tsunenari Soeda, Yiannis S Chatzizisis, Kevin Croce, Ik-Kyung Jang¹

Affiliation

¹ Ik-Kyung Jang, MD, PhD, Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, GRB 800, Boston, MA 02114, USA, Tel.: +1 617 726 9226, Fax: +1 617 726 7419, E-mail: ijang@mgh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 26423215
DOI: 10.1160/TH15-05-0412

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / complications*
Antiphospholipid Syndrome / physiopathology
Aspirin / therapeutic use
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease / complications*
Coronary Artery Disease / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / complications*
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Recurrence
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / complications
Thrombectomy
Thrombosis / physiopathology
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Young Adult

Substances

Anticoagulants
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Aspirin