Arampatzis, Spyridon; Stefanidis, Ioannis; Lakiopoulos, Vassilios; Raio, Luigi; Surbek, Daniel; Mohaupt, Markus G (2010). Postpartal recurrent non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in essential thrombocythaemia: case report and review of the literature. Thrombosis journal, 8, p. 12. London: BioMed Central 10.1186/1477-9560-8-12
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ABSTRACT: Normal pregnancy corresponds to a procoagulant state. Acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy is rare, yet considering the low non-pregnant risk score of childbearing women it is still surprisingly frequent. We report a case of postpartum recurrent non-ST elevation myocardial infarction in a 40-year-old caucasian woman with essential thrombocythaemia in the presence of a positive JAK-2 mutation and an elevated anti-cardiolipin IgM antibody titer. In the majority of cases of myocardial infarction in pregnancy or in the peripartal period, atherosclerosis, a thrombus or coronary artery dissection is observed. The combination of essential thrombocythaemia and elevated anti-cardiolipin IgM antibody titer in the presence of several cardiovascular risk factors seems to be causative in our case. In conclusion, with the continuing trend of childbearing at older ages, rare or unlikely conditions leading to severe events such as myocardial infarction must be considered in pregnant women.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Gynaecology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Nephrology and Hypertension |
UniBE Contributor: |
Raio, Luigi, Surbek, Daniel, Mohaupt, Markus |
ISSN: |
1477-9560 |
Publisher: |
BioMed Central |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Markus Georg Mohaupt |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:11 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:01 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1186/1477-9560-8-12 |
PubMed ID: |
20565738 |
Web of Science ID: |
000272117000043 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.1793 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/1793 (FactScience: 203819) |
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