A successful primary coronary intervention of an acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in a patient with polycythemia vera.
- Author:
Sun Ho HWANG
1
;
Nam Sik YOON
;
Ju Han KIM
;
Young Keun AHN
;
Myung Ho JEONG
;
Jung Chaee KANG
Author Information
1. The Heart Center of Chonnam National University Hospital, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Gwangju, Korea. myungho@chollian.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Myocardial infarction;
Thrombosis;
Angioplasty
- MeSH:
Aged;
Angioplasty;
Angioplasty, Balloon;
Arteries;
Chest Pain;
Constriction, Pathologic;
Coronary Angiography;
Electrocardiography;
Erythrocyte Count;
Hemorrhage;
Humans;
Leukocyte Count;
Myocardial Infarction*;
Myocardial Ischemia;
Phlebotomy;
Platelet Count;
Pluripotent Stem Cells;
Polycythemia Vera*;
Polycythemia*;
Stents;
Thrombosis
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2007;72(4):426-432
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Polycythemia vera is a chronic myeloproliferative disease characterized by clonal proliferation that arises at the level of the pluripotent stem cell and is also characterized by multiple episodes of bleeding or thrombotic complications. Rarely, polycythemia vera causes coronary arterial occlusion and can lead to ischemic heart disease. We experienced a case of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in a 70-year-old man with polycythemia vera, who had been treated with hydoxyurea and phlebotomy since August 2005. He complained of severe chest pain of a one-hour duration and an ECG revealed an acute anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction. His leukocyte count was 18,700/mm3, red blood cell count 6,790,000/mm3, hemoglobin level 16.6 g/dL and platelet count 520,000/mm3. A diagnostic coronary angiography showed critical stenosis in the middle left anterior descending artery (LAD) and thrombotic total occlusion in the first diagonal branch (D1). Successful primary percutanenous coronary intervention was performed using a drug eluting stent in the LAD and balloon angioplasty for the D1 lesion.
