Epoetin Alfa: A Cause of Coronary Artery Thrombosis
Introduction. Epoetin alfa is an erythrocyte-stimulating factor. We here present a case of an anemic patient, who was given epogen before a coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery and developed periprocedural myocardial infarction. To our knowledge, there has been no previous case reported of epogen c...
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| Main Authors: | Muhammad Umer Siddiqui, Yelena Galumyan, James Klein, Zunaira Naeem, Aron Schwarcz |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Cardiology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9475180 |
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