A Rare Case of Coronary Artery Thrombosis in a Patient With Recently Diagnosed Giant Cell Arteritis: Is Anticardiolipin Antibody Involved?

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an immune-mediated systemic inflammation of large-sized arteries that predominantly affects elderly women. It may be considered as one of the risk factors for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Moreover, patients with GCA may have increased anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL)....

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Autores principales: Shan, Khine S, Zhang, Qian, Bisaria, Sharmila, Tewary, Anubha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7292693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32542132
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8077

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7292693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32542132
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8077

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