Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-12-2020
Abstract
Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is an immune-mediated systemic inflammation of large-sized arteries that predominantly affects elderly women. It may be considered as one of the risk factors for acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Moreover, patients with GCA may have increased anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL). However, its relationship with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is not clear. We present a case of a unique presentation of GCA with a connection to both ACS and APS. A 76-year-old woman who initially presented to the hospital with a chief complaint of intermittent unilateral headache, blurry vision along with transient aphasia was found to have a biopsy confirmed GCA and subsequently developed left anterior descending artery (LAD) thrombosis. Her hypercoagulability workup was negative except for significantly elevated aCL.
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Recommended Citation
Shan, Khine S.; Zhang, Qian; Bisaria, Sharmila; and Tewary, Anubha, "A Rare Case of Coronary Artery Thrombosis in a Patient With Recently Diagnosed Giant Cell Arteritis: Is Anticardiolipin Antibody Involved?" (2020). Abington Jefferson Health Papers. Paper 36.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/abingtonfp/36
PubMed ID
32542132
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author’s final published version in Cureus, Volume 12, Issue 5, May 2020, Article number e8077.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8077. Copyright © Shan et al.