<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Hematological conditions can lead to serious disturbances in blood rheology, being frequently associated with increased systemic inflammation and increased risk of bleeding. The imbalance between coagulation and thrombolytic factors in patients with acute coronary syndromes may lead to undesirable outcomes, and the success of emergency coronary angioplasty or by-pass grafting may be altered by increased bleeding in coagulopathies such as hemophilia. This paper intends to review the present knowledge in the field of acute coronary syndromes in subjects with hematological and onco-hematological disorders such as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, immune thrombocytopenic purpura, von Willebrand disease, hemophilia, polycythemia vera, erythrocyte disorders, myelodysplastic syndrome, leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma.</p></abstract>

Hematological conditions can lead to serious disturbances in blood rheology, being frequently associated with increased systemic inflammation and increased risk of bleeding. The imbalance between coagulation and thrombolytic factors in patients with acute coronary syndromes may lead to undesirable outcomes, and the success of emergency coronary angioplasty or by-pass grafting may be altered by increased bleeding in coagulopathies such as hemophilia. This paper intends to review the present knowledge in the field of acute coronary syndromes in subjects with hematological and onco-hematological disorders such as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, immune thrombocytopenic purpura, von Willebrand disease, hemophilia, polycythemia vera, erythrocyte disorders, myelodysplastic syndrome, leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma.

Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients with Hematological Disorders

University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș,

Clinic of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit, Tîrgu Mureș,

Journal of Cardiovascular Emergencies

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Hematological conditions can lead to serious disturbances in blood rheology, being frequently associated with increased systemic inflammation and increased...

Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients with Hematological Disorders

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 159 - 168

Received: Mar 04, 2016

Accepted: Jun 20, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jce-2016-0024

Keywords
myocardial infarction, thrombosis, platelets

© 2016 István Benedek et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Acute Coronary Syndromes in Patients with Hematological Disorders

Published Online: Dec 30, 2016

Page range: 159 - 168

Received: Mar 04, 2016

Accepted: Jun 20, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jce-2016-0024

Keywordsmyocardial infarction, thrombosis, platelets

© 2016 István Benedek et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
myocardial infarction, thrombosis, platelets