Myocardial injury in HIV-associated thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP)

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 258-264

  Visagie, G J ^a   Louw, V J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV positive; myocardial injury; thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura; TTP

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ATENOLOL; BIOPLASMA; EFAVIRENZ; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; ISOSORBIDE MONONITRATE; LAMIVUDINE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PLASMA SUBSTITUTE; PREDNISONE; STAVUDINE; TROPONIN T; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADAM PROTEIN; ADAMTS13 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEMOLYSIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MELENA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PLASMA TRANSFUSION; PLASMAPHERESIS; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CORONARY DISEASE; DEFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS;

ADAM PROTEINS; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDITIS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; TROPONIN T;

EID: 77954363235     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2010.01006.x     Document Type: Article

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