Key result
Chronic thrombocytopenia is linked to concurrent myocardial ischemia in a small case series.
Why the study?
The role of quantitative changes in platelets on the course of ischemic heart disease requires greater attention due to observed myocardial ischemia in chronic thrombocytopenia.
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Population
Two patients with chronic thrombocytopenia and myocardial ischemia
Design
Case report
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Alerts clinicians to ischemia in chronic thrombocytopenia; leaves open platelet quantity effects on ischemic heart disease.
Two patients had myocardial ischemia in a setting of chronic thrombocytopenia. Awareness of such occurrences should stimulate the reporting of other cases, so that the role of quantitative changes in platelets on the course of ischemic heart disease may receive greater attention. (JAMA228:1568-1569, 1974)
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Phin Cohen (1974) studied this question. Chronic thrombocytopenia occurred concurrently with myocardial ischemia in two patients, suggesting a potential role for quantitative platelet changes in the course of ischemic heart disease.
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