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Title: | Renal thromboembolism in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in spite of anticoagulation |
Authors: | Bonello Spiteri, Danica Sammut, Mark Adrian Xuereb, Robert George |
Keywords: | Takotsubo cardiomyopathy -- Case studies Thromboembolism Anticoagulants (Medicine) Coronary angiography |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Bonello Spiteri, D., Sammut, M. A., & Xuereb, R. G. (2011). Renal thromboembolism in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in spite of anticoagulation. Journal of Cardiology Cases, 4(2), e67-e70. |
Abstract: | An elderly lady was admitted with chest pain and an electrocardiogram depicting ST segment elevation, indicative of a myocardial infarction. She was treated with intra-venous tissue plasminogen activator. On coronary angiography there was a dilated and akinetic left ventricular apex but no significant coronary artery disease. She was diagnosed with tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy. An echocardiogram performed two days later demonstrated a thrombus in the left ventricular apex. Despite immediate anticoagulation with intravenous unfractionated heparin, she sustained a renal thromboembolic phenomenon. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/45424 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacM&SMed |
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