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Sickle-cell and alpha-thalassemia traits resulting in non-atherosclerotic myocardial infarction: Beyond coincidence?
Lee S Nguyen, Alban Redheuil, Olivier Mangin, Joe-Elie Salem
Lee S Nguyen, Department of Critical Care Medicine, CMC Ambroise Paré, Neuilly-sur-Seine 92200, France
Lee S Nguyen, Alban Redheuil, Olivier Mangin, Joe-Elie Salem, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, School of Medicine, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Paris 75013, France
Lee S Nguyen, Olivier Mangin, Joe-Elie Salem, Department of Pharmacology and CIC-1421, AP-HP, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris 75013, France
Lee S Nguyen, Olivier Mangin, Joe-Elie Salem, INSERM, CIC-1421 and UMR ICAN 1166, Paris 75013, France
Alban Redheuil, Cardiovascular Imaging and Interventional Radiology Department, AP-HP, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris 75013, France
Author contributions: Nguyen LS wrote the manuscript and performed literature research and reviewing; Redheuil A provided with image interpretation and critical reviewing; Mangin O contributed to the edition and reviewing; Salem JE supervised the work and provided critical reviewing and editing.
Institutional review board statement: The study was approved by Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.
Informed consent statement: All patients gave informed consent.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None of the authors have any conflict of interest related to the article.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Lee S Nguyen, MD, MSc, Department of Critical Care Medicine, CMC Ambroise Paré, 25 Boulevard Victor Hugo, Neuilly-sur-Seine 92200, France. nguyen.lee@icloud.com
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Received: July 3, 2017
Peer-review started: July 6, 2017
First decision: August 4, 2017
Revised: August 25, 2017
Accepted: September 12, 2017
Article in press: September 13, 2017
Published online: December 16, 2017