Acute myocardial infarction associated with initial alemtuzumab infusion cycle in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.

Mult Scler Relat Disord

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Medicine, Epidemiology, and Pathology, Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology, Pathology Building, Room 509, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States. Electronic address:

Published: September 2019

Alemtuzumab is an anti-CD52 monoclonal antibody used for the treatment of lymphoproliferative disorders and relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. We report a 30-year-old woman with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis who developed a type 2 non-ST elevated myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) during her first alemtuzumab infusion cycle. While acute coronary syndrome has been described with alemtuzumab in the treatment of lymphoma, alemtuzumab-associated cardiac ischemia in multiple sclerosis is uncommon and can occur in patients without cardiovascular risk factors.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2019.06.022DOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

multiple sclerosis
16
relapsing-remitting multiple
12
myocardial infarction
8
alemtuzumab infusion
8
infusion cycle
8
acute myocardial
4
infarction associated
4
associated initial
4
alemtuzumab
4
initial alemtuzumab
4

Similar Publications

Want AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?

Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!