Thrombotic Occlusion of All Left Coronary Branches in a Young Woman with Severe Ulcerative Colitis
Joint Authors
Sandhall, Lennart
Hertervig, Erik
Svensson, Peter J.
Olsson, Sven-Erik
Hårdhammar, Peter
Malcevschi-Lind, Natascia
Gustavsson, Carl Gunnar
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-05-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Background.
The thrombosis risk is increased in active ulcerative colitis.
The limited number of reported complications have predominantly been cerebrovascular but other vessel territories may also be affected.
Patient.
During a severe attack of ulcerative colitis a 37-year-old woman suffered occlusion of all left coronary artery branches.
Serial angiographies showed progressive recanalisation of the coronary arteries during anticoagulation, but no atherosclerotic stenosis.
The cause of infarction was thus considered to be an extensive coronary thrombosis.
However, a large battery of blood tests failed to identify any procoagulant abnormality.
Conclusion.
Evidence is now accumulating that the increased thrombosis risk also may involve the coronary arteries, even in young patients.
To the best of our knowledge this is the third reported case of myocardial infarction despite angiographically normal coronary arteries in a patient with active ulcerative colitis.
The extent of affected myocardium was in this case exceptionally large.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Gustavsson, Carl Gunnar& Svensson, Peter J.& Hertervig, Erik& Sandhall, Lennart& Hårdhammar, Peter& Malcevschi-Lind, Natascia…[et al.]. 2011. Thrombotic Occlusion of All Left Coronary Branches in a Young Woman with Severe Ulcerative Colitis. ISRN Cardiology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Gustavsson, Carl Gunnar…[et al.]. Thrombotic Occlusion of All Left Coronary Branches in a Young Woman with Severe Ulcerative Colitis. ISRN Cardiology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Gustavsson, Carl Gunnar& Svensson, Peter J.& Hertervig, Erik& Sandhall, Lennart& Hårdhammar, Peter& Malcevschi-Lind, Natascia…[et al.]. Thrombotic Occlusion of All Left Coronary Branches in a Young Woman with Severe Ulcerative Colitis. ISRN Cardiology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-448385
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-448385