Coronary vasospasm, multiple coronary thrombosis, unstable angina and essential thrombocytosis

Int J Cardiol. 1993 Sep;41(2):168-70. doi: 10.1016/0167-5273(93)90158-d.

Abstract

Rarely, essential thrombocythemia has led to coronary artery occlusion. Only one patient has been described, in whom coronary angiography demonstrated multiple coronary thrombosis. We report a case of coronary vasospasm, multiple coronary thrombosis involving right and left coronary artery and possibly leading to myocardial infarction and unstable angina pectoris in a woman with migraine, Raynaud's phenomenon, and essential thrombocytosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angina, Unstable / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Angiography*
  • Coronary Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Coronary Vasospasm / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Raynaud Disease / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombocythemia, Essential / diagnostic imaging
  • Thrombocytosis / diagnostic imaging*