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24 August 2022: Articles

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. Jarrett A* , Ammaar Wattoo A , Brenda Chiang A , Gabor Varadi D , Mohammad Al Madani A

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936977

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936977

Table 1. Comparison of laboratory test results from our case and prior cases of ticagrelor-associated TTP in the literature.

Lab values (unit)Our caseCase 1 (2017) [14]Case 2 (2018) [7]
Hemoglobin (g/dL)8.78.47.7
Platelets (per mm)4020 00038 000
LDH (U/L)562107413 976
AST (IU/L)2737392
ALT (IU/L)3133947
Indirect Bili (mg/dl)0.519.8
BUN (mg/dl)15944.7
Serum creatinine (mg/dl)4.82.62
INR1.3
Haptoglobin (mg/dl)10
Fibrinogen (mg/dl)307246
ADAMTS13 activity (%)5548.1
LDH – lactate dehydrogenase; AST – aspartate aminotransferase; ALT – alanine transferase; Bili – bilirubin; BUN – blood urea nitrogen; INR – international normalized ratio.

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American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923
American Journal of Case Reports eISSN: 1941-5923