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George Koromia Author
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Hypercoagulability, Collateral Coronary, Heparin, Arterial Thrombosis
Department of Cardiology, Marshall University, USA
Biography
George Augustine Koromia is a Cardiology Fellow at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine with an interest in the integration of Multimodality Cardiac Imaging and Clinical Informatics to allow for personalized and precise cardiovascular care. He was previously a Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Marshall University and completed his Internal Medicine residency at the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine.
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Unusual Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Male with Hereditary Protein C and S Deficiency
Author(s): Ibrahim Osman, Bankim Patel, George Koromia and Assad Movahed
We report on a 33 year old man who presented with an acute anterolateral myocardial infarction (MI) caused by thrombotic occlusion of the left anterior coronary artery [LAD] as the initial cardiac manifestation of hereditary protein C and S deficiencies. This case report shows that acute coronary syndrome in the young population could have other causes than atherosclerotic plaque rupture. This is essential knowledge for the clinicians to consider other etiologies in the differential diagnosis such as hypercoagulable state in young patients with myocardial infarctions. Once the diagnosis is established then more appropriate management and prevention of recurrent events is possible. Furthermore, family screening could lead to a prophylactic approach in carrier... view more»
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