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A Voth

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PubMed1996

Thrombocytopenic purpura. Importance of early diagnosis.

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic uremic syndrome are important diagnostic considerations for family physicians because therapy can be lifesaving. Treatment with plasmapheresis is usually successful. Therefore, early diagnosis is essential. A patient with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia is described. Diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease was confirmed after the initial episode. The case highlights the important role of family physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of uncommon hematologic syndromes.

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PubMed1990

Malignant restenosis after primary successful excimer laser coronary angioplasty.

In a series of 20 coronary excimer laser angioplasties, two patients presented with a peculiar type of malignant restenosis 6 and 8 weeks after a successful laser angioplasty procedure. One patient had a successful recanalization of an occluded left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery and the second patient had a successful angioplasty of a subtotal proximal stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery. After the procedure, no ischemia could be demonstrated by exercise ECG and thallium scintigraphy. Both patients were free of angina until the sudden development of nocturnal angina several hours before reangiography, which showed subtotal restenosis in both cases. One patient had a mammaria graft on the LAD and the second patient underwent a successful balloon angioplasty. This uncommon sudden and malignant development of restenosis seems to be related to the excimer laser angioplasty procedure and warrants some caution with the indiscriminative use of this new angioplasty procedure.

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