Acute myocardial infarction complicating prothrombin complex concentrate therapy in an 8-year-old boy with hemophilia A and factor VIII inhibitor.

Am J Pediatr Hematol Oncol

Schneider Children's Hospital of Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York 11042.

Published: November 1993

Purpose: An 8-year-old boy with mild hemophilia A and inhibitors developed an acute myocardial infarction during treatment with prothrombin complex concentrates.

Conclusions: This rare complication warrants restriction of dosage and length of treatment with these products to the recommended guidelines. It also appears that noninvasive cardiac monitoring of these patients is beneficial.

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