TITLE:
Myocardial infarction in antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
AUTHORS:
Davide Lazzarini, Luca Morolli, Jonathan Montomoli, Giorgio Ioli
KEYWORDS:
Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome; Myocardial Infarction; Anticardiolipin Antibodies; ?2-Glicoprotein Antibodies
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.2 No.9,
September
29,
2010
ABSTRACT: A 52-year-old man was admitted to hospital with chest pain after physical activity. Emergency coronary angiography showed multiple throm-boembolic occlusions in the anterior descen-ding coronary artery and in the right coronary artery. Further testing revealed anticardiolipin and ?2-glicoprotein antibodies (the patient had been diagnosed for ulcerative colitis and poly-myalgia rheumatica). Heparin and nitrate were administered intravenously in addition to oral aspirin and metoprolol. Soon after, the patient referred a withdrawal of chest oppression, and his general clinical condition rapidly stabilised. A follow-up examination was performed 9 months later the discharge: he had resumed most of his activities and sieric concentration of lupus anticoagulant antibodies and anticardiolipin an-
tibodies, IgM isotype, were decreased.