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NEPHROTIC AND ANTI-PHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROMES: MULTISYSTEM CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN YOUNG PATIENTS
- Source :
- Journal of Renal Care. 38:9-14
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2011.
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Abstract
- SUMMARY Acute myocardial infarction is relatively uncommon in patients under the age of 40 years. Unlike the older patients where rupture of coronary artery atherosclerotic plaque is the main underlying pathology, the pathogenesis in younger patients can be varied and may require different diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Hypercoagulable state associated with nephrotic syndrome and antiphospholipid syndrome can lead to the development of occlusive coronary artery thrombus in absence of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Acute myocardial infarction in such a setting can sometimes be the first manifestation of an underlying disease. We describe a case of myocardial infarction in a young man with both nephrotic and antiphospho-lipid syndromes and present a brief literature review.
- Subjects :
- Advanced and Specialized Nursing
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
medicine.disease
Anti phospholipid antibodies
Pathogenesis
Coronary artery disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Nephrology
Antiphospholipid syndrome
Internal medicine
medicine
Cardiology
cardiovascular diseases
Myocardial infarction
Thrombus
business
Nephrotic syndrome
Artery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17556678
- Volume :
- 38
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Renal Care
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1798729c7b5ab4f0d706eb7e67db3c79