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Early Selective C-Reactive Protein Apheresis in a Patient with Acute ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Reinfarction

Authors :
Aleksandra Nikolic
Petar Otasevic
Milovan Bojić
Srdjan Boskovic
Maja Milosevic
Bela Balint
Source :
Blood Purification. 50:399-401
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
S. Karger AG, 2020.

Abstract

The patient was admitted for urgent coronary angiography following an acute anterior ST segment elevation myocardial reinfarction (STEMI) caused by acute stent thrombosis. A stent had been implanted 10 days prior to the reinfarction for an acute anterior STEMI. However, the patient had stopped taking ticagrelor post-discharge. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention of the left anterior descending artery was performed. Subsequently, due to a high C-reactive protein (CRP) level, 3 CRP apheresis sessions were performed, with the first session starting 12 h after the onset of symptoms. A significant drop in CRP was noted after each apheresis. The post-procedural course was uneventful.

Details

ISSN :
14219735 and 02535068
Volume :
50
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Blood Purification
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........e5907557fccb3bb3ef9dc06f8416adf1
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1159/000510554