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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9475180
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