Vol 70, No 11 (2012)
Case studies
Published online: 2012-11-21

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Sudden cardiac death in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Marek Muszytowski, Anna Szachta, Joanna Seifert
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.79070
Kardiol Pol 2012;70(11):1168-1169.

Abstract

Cardiac abnormalities may constitute an important and unrecognized cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP). We report a case of 29-year-old female with rapid acute TTP ending with sudden death and not preceded by cardiac symptoms.

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