A Rare Case of Ticagrelor-Induced Profound Isolated Thrombocytopenia.

Ticagrelor is a new oral antiplatelet drug that has a strong proven benefit of reducing the rate of death from cardiovascular causes, myocardial infarction, and stroke compared with clopidogrel. Ticagrelor is widely used by patients with acute coronary syndrome. However, profound thrombocytopenia has never been previously reported in such patients.

Myocardial Infarction with Normal Coronary Arteries in a Patient with Heroin Use and Infective Endocarditis.

Unlabelled: Myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries typically occurs in patients under 50 years of age. There is usually no history of angina or previous myocardial infarction, and risk factors for ischemic heart disease are frequently absent. We report a 27-year-old heroin user with normal coronary arteries and inferior wall infarction secondary to infective endocarditis.