Korean Circ J.  1996 Jun;26(3):734-739. 10.4070/kcj.1996.26.3.734.

Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Man with Nephrotic Syndrome

• Doo YC
• Jang MK
• Choi JY
• Seo YM
• Kim JS
• Koh SH
• Han KR
• Oh DJ
• Ryu KH
• Kim HJ
• Rim CY
• Koh YB
• Lee Y

• KMID: 2093594
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1996.26.3.734

Abstract

The association between nephrotic syndrome and intravascular coagulation has been known for more than a century, but it was not until 1948 that a thrombotic diathesis in nephrotic patients was proposed. The prevalence of thrmbo-embolic complications is much higher in adult patients. Deep vein thrombosis of the leg is the most common complications in nephrotic adult and was responsible for one-third of the thrombo-embolic complications of nephrotic children. Arterial thrombosis occurs less frequently and is seen primarily in childern. We present a case of acute anterior myocardial infarction in a young man with nephrotic syndrome, secondary to minimal change glomerulonephritis, in which thrombosis of the proximal left anterior descanding artery was the actual cause of acute myocardial infarction.

Keyword

Nephrotic syndrome; Acute myocardial infarction; Arterial thrombosis

MeSH Terms

Adult
Arteries
Child
Disease Susceptibility
Humans
Leg
Myocardial Infarction*
Nephrosis, Lipoid
Nephrotic Syndrome*
Prevalence
Thrombosis
Venous Thrombosis