Myocardial Infarction as an Early Presentation in Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Rare Case Series

• Main Authors: Sumit Dahal MBBS (Author), Dipesh K. C. Ghimire MBBS (Author), Saroj Sapkota MBBS (Author), Suyash Dahal MBBS (Author), Paritosh Kafle MBBS (Author), Manjul Bhandari MBBS (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Renal and neurological involvements are frequently seen in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). Cardiac involvement, however, has been rarely reported. In this article, we present 2 cases of myocardial infarction in patients with TTP. In the first case, a young man presented with non-ST-segmen...