Small-Vessel Vasculitis After ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Clopidogrel or Amiodarone?

Saskia Lehr; Frank Meiss; Dimitra Kiritsi; Leonidas Tsakiris

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.05.008

Small-Vessel Vasculitis After ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Clopidogrel or Amiodarone?

JACC Case Rep. 2022 Aug 3;4(15):967-971. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.05.008.

Authors

Saskia Lehr¹, Frank Meiss¹, Dimitra Kiritsi¹, Leonidas Tsakiris^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
² MediClin Herzzentrum Lahr/Baden, Lahr, Germany.
³ Department of Cardiology III-Adult Congenital and Valvular Heart Disease, University Hospital Muenster, Albert-Schweitzer Campus 1, Münster, Germany.

Abstract

We report a case of cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis in a patient treated with clopidogrel after an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and with amiodarone caused by persistent atrial fibrillation 6 weeks before. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: CSVV, cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis; STEMI, ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction; kidney involvement; leukocytoclastic vasculitis; palpable purpura.

Publication types

Case Reports