24 August 2022
: Case report
An 80-Year-Old Man with Ischemic Heart Disease Who Developed Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Following Treatment with Ticagrelor
Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Rare disease, Adverse events of drug therapy, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)
Simone A. Jarrett12ABCDEF*, Ammaar Wattoo12ABCDEF, Brenda Chiang12ABCDEF, Gabor Varadi23DF, Mohammad Al Madani24ADEFDOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936977
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936977
Figure 1. Peripheral blood smear in patient prior to plasma exchange therapy, which revealed numerous acanthocytes, schistocytes, RBC fragments, polychromasia, occasional spherocytes, large platelets, and decreased platelet count, consistent overall with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia.






