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- Title
Recurrent Myocardial Infarction in a Case of Congenital Afibrinogenemia.
- Authors
Patra, Soumya; Reddy, Babu; Nagesh, C. M.; Srinivas, B. C.; Manjunath, C. N.
- Abstract
Afibrinogenemia is a rare autosomal recessive bleeding disorder with an estimated prevalence of 1:1,000,000. Usual presentation of this disorder is spontaneous bleeding, bleeding after minor trauma and excessive bleeding during interventional procedures. Paradoxically, few patients with afibrinogenemia may also suffer from severe thromboembolic complications. The management of these patients is particularly challenging because they are not only at risk of thrombosis but also of bleeding. We are presenting a case of 33-year-old male patient of congenital afibrinogenemia who had two episodes myocardial infarction in a span of two years. The patient was managed conservatively with antiplatelet therapy and thrombolytic therapy was not given due to high risk for bleeding.
- Subjects
BLOOD diseases; RARE diseases; DISEASE prevalence; THROMBOEMBOLISM; MYOCARDIAL infarction; PLATELET aggregation inhibitors; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Heart Views, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 1, p16
- ISSN
1995-705X
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/1995-705X.132141