A Sudden Onset of Severe Thrombocytopenia While Using Evolocumab

A 72-year-old man with a 10-year history of coronary heart disease started evolocumab treatment once a month after developing excess myalgia due to therapy with a 3-hydroxy-methylglutaryl CoA reductase inhibitor. No side effects such as myalgia symptoms had been reported during the first 14 months o...

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Main Authors: Ikuo Inoue, Yasuhiro Takenaka, Yoshitora Kin, Satoshi Yamazaki, Yuichi Ikegami, Daigo Saito, Akira Shimada
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hematology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/3281626