A Cautionary Tale of Triple Therapy

Negeen Shahandeh, MD; Jeffrey Harrell, MD; Eric H. Yang, MD; Rushi V. Parikh, MD

JACC: Case Reports (May 2021)

A Cautionary Tale of Triple Therapy

Negeen Shahandeh, MD,
Jeffrey Harrell, MD,
Eric H. Yang, MD,
Rushi V. Parikh, MD

Affiliations

Negeen Shahandeh, MD: Division of Cardiology, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Jeffrey Harrell, MD: Division of Cardiology, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Eric H. Yang, MD: Division of Cardiology, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
Rushi V. Parikh, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Rushi V. Parikh, Division of Cardiology, University of California-Los Angeles, 100 Medical Plaza, Suite 630 West, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.; Division of Cardiology, University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 5
pp. 789 – 794

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A 54-year-old man with a history of atrial flutter presented with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock and underwent percutaneous coronary intervention of the left main coronary artery. He was placed on triple antithrombotic therapy and ultimately recovered. However, before discharge, he developed hypotension, confusion, and hemiplegia. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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