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Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

The association between coronary heart disease and thrombocytopenic purpura is rare and poses some difficulties when myocardial revascularization is necessary. We report a case with this association and significant coronary impairment, which was percutaneously treated with stent implantation.


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