Acute myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism in a young man with pernicious anemia-induced severe hyperhomocysteinemia

Thrombosis Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Melhem, Ayyash ^a   Desai, Ankit ^b   Hofmann, Marion A ^b  

^a WEISS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBODY; CYANOCOBALAMIN; EPLERENONE; HEPARIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTRINSIC FACTOR ANTIBODY; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ANXIETY; AREFLEXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHORESIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEGALOCYTOSIS; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPHIL; PARESTHESIA; PERNICIOUS ANEMIA; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TACHYPNEA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; WEAKNESS;

EID: 66949152936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14779560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-9560-7-5     Document Type: Article

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