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A patient developed Guillain-Barré syndrome following an acute myocardial infarction and primary angioplasty, ultimately dying from multi-organ dysfunction.
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Highlights a rare case of Guillain-Barré syndrome occurring after acute myocardial infarction without the use of thrombolytic agents.
The association of acute coronary syndrome with any immunological mediated polyradiculopathy like Guillain–Barré syndrome is very rare. We report such a rare association of acute myocardial infarction and Guillain–Barré syndrome. Our patient underwent primary angioplasty successfully, but developed respiratory failure while in hospital. While the difficulty in weaning off from ventilator a suspicion of neuromuscular disease was made. The further investigations, including nerve conduction study confirmed a diagnosis of Guillain–Barré syndrome. Despite treatment, the patient died secondary to multi-organ dysfunction. Our case is 4th reported in the literature without use of any thrombolytic agent for such association.
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Jariwala et al. (2014) conducted a case report in Acute Myocardial Infarction and Guillain-Barré Syndrome (n=1). Acute myocardial infarction was evaluated on Development of Guillain-Barré syndrome and clinical outcome. A patient developed Guillain-Barré syndrome following an acute myocardial infarction and primary angioplasty, ultimately dying from multi-organ dysfunction.
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