Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Man with Nephrotic Syndrome.
10.4070/kcj.1996.26.3.734
- Author:
Young Cheoul DOO
;
Myung Kuk JANG
;
Jo Yung CHOI
;
Yu Mi SEO
;
Jai Sam KIM
;
Soon Hee KOH
;
Kyoo Rok HAN
;
Dong Jin OH
;
Kyu Hyung RYU
;
Hyung Jik KIM
;
Chong Yun RIM
;
Young Bahk KOH
;
Young LEE
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Nephrotic syndrome;
Acute myocardial infarction;
Arterial thrombosis
- MeSH:
Adult;
Arteries;
Child;
Disease Susceptibility;
Humans;
Leg;
Myocardial Infarction*;
Nephrosis, Lipoid;
Nephrotic Syndrome*;
Prevalence;
Thrombosis;
Venous Thrombosis
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1996;26(3):734-739
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The association between nephrotic syndrome and intravascular coagulation has been known for more than a century, but it was not until 1948 that a thrombotic diathesis in nephrotic patients was proposed. The prevalence of thrmbo-embolic complications is much higher in adult patients. Deep vein thrombosis of the leg is the most common complications in nephrotic adult and was responsible for one-third of the thrombo-embolic complications of nephrotic children. Arterial thrombosis occurs less frequently and is seen primarily in childern. We present a case of acute anterior myocardial infarction in a young man with nephrotic syndrome, secondary to minimal change glomerulonephritis, in which thrombosis of the proximal left anterior descanding artery was the actual cause of acute myocardial infarction.
