Guillain - Barre syndrome in a patient with acute myocardial infarction with ventricular septal defect repair treated with plasma exchange

• Main Authors: Maitrey D Gajjar, Nidhi M Bhatnagar, Nirav J Patel, Tarak Patel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
• Series: Asian Journal of Transfusion Science
• Subjects: Guillain - Barre syndrome; myocardial infarction; therapeutic plasma exchange
• Online Access: http://www.ajts.org/article.asp?issn=0973-6247;year=2015;volume=9;issue=1;spage=87;epage=88;aulast=Gajjar

Guillain - Barre syndrome (GBS) is an acute, frequently severe progressive illness of peripheral nervous system that is autoimmune in nature. GBS after myocardial infarction (MI) with ventricular septal defect (VSD) is uncommon with high mortality rate if not treated promptly. [1] We report a successful outcome of GBS post MI with VSD in a 60-year-old male patient who was on a ventilator treated successfully with therapeutic plasma exchange.