Sickle-cell and alpha-thalassemia traits resulting in non-atherosclerotic myocardial infarction: Beyond coincidence?

Alpha-thalassemia trait and sickle trait are not commonly considered risk factors of ischemic heart disease. We report the case of a non-atherosclerotic silent myocardial infarction in a 46-year-old woman, carrier of the alpha-thalassemia trait (homozygous deletion of locus -3.7) combined with sickl...

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Published in:World J Clin Cases
Main Authors: Nguyen, Lee S, Redheuil, Alban, Mangin, Olivier, Salem, Joe-Elie
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5740187/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29291201
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v5.i12.428
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