Postpartum Coronary Vasospasm with Literature Review

Acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy or the postpartum period is rare. We report a case of a 39-year-old postpartum woman who developed non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to severe diffuse coronary vasospasm. To our knowledge, this is the first case of angiographically evidenced coro...

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Published inCase reports in cardiology Vol. 2014; no. 2014; pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors Koneru, Jayanth, Cholankeril, Matthew, Patel, Kunal, Alattar, Fady, Alqaqa, Ashraf, Virk, Hirtaj, Shamoon, Fayez, Bikkina, Mahesh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Puplishing Corporation 01.01.2014
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Hindawi Limited
Wiley
Subjects
Angina pectoris
Cardiology
Case Report
Coronary vessels
Electrocardiography
Emergency medical care
Heart attacks
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Summary:Acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy or the postpartum period is rare. We report a case of a 39-year-old postpartum woman who developed non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to severe diffuse coronary vasospasm. To our knowledge, this is the first case of angiographically evidenced coronary vasospasm, in a postpartum woman, with resistance to intracoronary nitroglycerin.
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Academic Editor: Ramazan Akdemir
ISSN:2090-6404
2090-6412
DOI:10.1155/2014/523023