Double the Trouble: Acute Coronary Syndrome and Ischemic Stroke in Polycythemia Vera

Am J Med. 2017 Jun;130(6):e237-e240. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.02.016. Epub 2017 Mar 14.

Authors

Hitomi Hosoya¹, Jeffrey J Levine², David H Henry³, Sheldon Goldberg⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Electronic address: hitomi.hosoya@uphs.upenn.edu.
² Department of Hematology and Oncology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper, Camden, NJ.
³ Department of Hematology and Oncology, Pennsylvania Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Pennsylvania Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

PMID: 28302386
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.02.016

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Ischemic stroke; Polycythemia vera.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brain Ischemia / complications
Brain Ischemia / diagnosis*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Polycythemia Vera / complications*
Stroke / complications
Stroke / diagnosis*