Persistent Prothrombotic State in a Patient With Alström Syndrome

Nihit Shah; Zeina Abu Orabi; Adrian T Warfield; Richard Steeds; Peysh A Patel

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102215

Persistent Prothrombotic State in a Patient With Alström Syndrome

JACC Case Rep. 2024 Jan 23;29(5):102215. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102215. eCollection 2024 Mar 6.

Authors

Nihit Shah¹, Zeina Abu Orabi¹, Adrian T Warfield^{2

3}, Richard Steeds^{1

4}, Peysh A Patel^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
² Department of Cellular Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
³ Institute of Immunology & Immunotherapy, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
⁴ Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

Abstract

We present the case of a patient with Alström syndrome who was found to have evidence of a prothrombotic state on autopsy after sudden cardiac death. To the best of our knowledge, this case of persistent prothrombotic milieu is the first described in a patient with Alström syndrome.

Keywords: Alström syndrome; CRTD; LV thrombus; persistent prothrombotic state.

Publication types

Case Reports