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Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Patient with Haemophilia A
Author(s) -
Sridhar Reddy,
Stephen P. Hoole,
Martin Besser
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
case reports in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.2
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1687-9627
pISSN - 1687-9635
DOI - 10.1155/2013/189796
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction , haemophilia , percutaneous , intervention (counseling) , coronary artery disease , life expectancy , incidence (geometry) , cardiology , surgery , population , physics , environmental health , psychiatry , optics
Haemophilia A is a rare genetic condition leading to coagulation factor VIII deficiency and thus predisposing to bleeding diathesis. Due to advances in treatment, life expectancy of haemophilia A sufferers is increasing, and the incidence and prevalence of coronary artery disease are rising. There have been many reported cases of acute myocardial infarction in such patients, who subsequently undergo elective percutaneous coronary intervention. We present the case of a 55-year-old gentleman presenting with an acute anterior full-thickness myocardial infarction who required emergency primary percutaneous coronary intervention.

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