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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| author | Jayanth Koneru Matthew Cholankeril Kunal Patel Fadi Alattar Ashraf Alqaqa Hirtaj Virk Fayez Shamoon Mahesh Bikkina |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-374fe486d4934a51a5dcf1b625a8436a2025-02-03T06:05:11ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122014-01-01201410.1155/2014/523023523023Postpartum Coronary Vasospasm with Literature ReviewJayanth Koneru0Matthew Cholankeril1Kunal Patel2Fadi Alattar3Ashraf Alqaqa4Hirtaj Virk5Fayez Shamoon6Mahesh Bikkina7Seton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USASeton Hall Internal Medicine Residency Program, St. Michael’s Medical Center, Newark, NJ 07102, USASeton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USASeton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USASeton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USASeton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USASeton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USASeton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USAAcute 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/523023 |
| spellingShingle | Jayanth Koneru Matthew Cholankeril Kunal Patel Fadi Alattar Ashraf Alqaqa Hirtaj Virk Fayez Shamoon Mahesh Bikkina Postpartum Coronary Vasospasm with Literature Review Case Reports in Cardiology |
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