Open AccessSteroid-induced recurrent myocardial ischemia
Author(s) -
Ufuk Yıldırım,
Okan Gülel,
Korhan Soylu,
Serkan Yüksel,
Mahmut Şahin
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
revista portuguesa de cardiologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.266
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2174-2030
pISSN - 0870-2551
DOI - 10.1016/j.repc.2014.02.016
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , prednisolone , ischemia , myocardial ischemia , anesthesia , surgery , cardiology
We report the case of a female patient under oral prednisolone therapy due to a diagnosis of idiopathic intracranial hypertension with papilledema. Unfortunately, short-term treatment with prednisolone caused an unusual complication in the patient, i.e., recurrent myocardial ischemia. Possible mechanisms leading to this complication were evaluated in the light of current knowledge.
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