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Acute myocardial infarction following an arthropod bite: is hereditary thrombophilia a contributing factor?
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis - 1 Oct 2006
Kayikcioglu Meral, Eroglu Zuhal, Kosova Buket, Olukman Murat, Karatas Aysegul, Can Levent H, Hasdemir Can
Abstract excerpt
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) due to arthropod envenomation has rarely been reported in the literature. In the present report, we describe two cases who developed AMI following an arthropod bite. Coronary angiograms revealed normal coronary arteries in both patients. Both events were probably secondary to coronary artery thrombosis and/or coronary artery vasospasm. Both patients were subsequently found to be...
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