Antiphospholipid syndrome and acute myocardial infarction: Treatment with thrombectomy and abciximab

We report an adult male patient with APS who presented with an acute myocardial infarction. Given the high risk of thrombosis in these patients, he was treated percutaneously with thrombectomy and abciximab. We review the few cases of coronary angioplasty in patients with APS reported to date. To our knowledge, this is the first case in which acute myocardial infarction due to thrombotic coronary occlusion was treated with thrombectomy and abciximab without stenting the artery.
Source: Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research