Open AccessGuillain - Barre syndrome in a patient with acute myocardial infarction with ventricular septal defect repair treated with plasma exchange
Author(s) -
Maitrey Gajjar,
Nidhi Bhatnagar,
Nirav J. Patel,
Tarak Patel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.150962
Subject(s) - medicine , guillain barre syndrome , myocardial infarction , cardiology , therapeutic plasma exchange , peripheral , pediatrics
Guillain - Barre syndrome (GBS) is an acute, frequently severe progressive illness of peripheral nervous system that is autoimmune in nature. GBS after myocardial infarction (MI) with ventricular septal defect (VSD) is uncommon with high mortality rate if not treated promptly.[1] We report a successful outcome of GBS post MI with VSD in a 60-year-old male patient who was on a ventilator treated successfully with therapeutic plasma exchange.