A case study of successful percutaneous coronary intervention in a young adult with chronic graft-versus-host disease with acute coronary syndrome
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چکیده
Introduction: Acute coronary syndrome in pediatric patients with graft-versus-host disease is rare. Case Report: We present an 18-year-old male referred for chest pain, electrocardiogram abnormalities, and troponin leak. Additional risk factors acute included chronic steroid use, elevated triglyceride/low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels cannabis use. A catheterization revealed >90% occlusion of the left artery he underwent successful percutaneous intervention. Conclusion: Given overall rarity patients, it may go unrecognized underappreciated as a significant cause morbidity those disease.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Case Reports and Images in Oncology
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2582-1318']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5348/100108z10sb2022cr