Polycythemia Vera Presenting as Cardiac Arrest: Novel Management Strategies

Mark I. Davis; Brian K. Courtney; Gideon Cohen; Stephanie Poon; Mina Madan

doi:10.1155/2019/9656387

Case Reports in Cardiology (Jan 2019)

Polycythemia Vera Presenting as Cardiac Arrest: Novel Management Strategies

Mark I. Davis,
Brian K. Courtney,
Gideon Cohen,
Stephanie Poon,
Mina Madan

Affiliations

Mark I. Davis: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Brian K. Courtney: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Gideon Cohen: Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Stephanie Poon: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Mina Madan: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/9656387
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2019

Abstract

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Acute coronary syndromes (ACS) usually occur in patients with multiple cardiac risk factors. In young adults, drug use and hypercoagulable states are common causes for ACS presentations. We report a case of a man in his early 30s who was diagnosed with polycythemia vera (PV) and had a cardiac arrest due to an anterolateral ST elevation myocardial infarction. We discuss his unique management and review the evidence on the management of arterial thromboembolism in PV patients.

Published in Case Reports in Cardiology

ISSN: 2090-6404 (Print); 2090-6412 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/4208

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