Open AccessHypothyroidism, Raynaud's phenomenon, and acute myocardial infarction in a young woman
Author(s) -
Sipilä R.,
Viitasalo K.,
Heikkilä J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960060613
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , etiology , cardiology , vasospasm , coronary vasospasm , infarction , coronary angiography , subarachnoid hemorrhage
We describe an acute inferior myocardial infarction in a 29‐year‐old woman with normal coronary arteries. She has suffered from Raynaud's phenomenon in the fingers for several years. Manifest thyroid deficiency was discovered during hospitalization. A functional‐type link between hypothyroidism and myocardial infarction via vasospasm manifested as Raynaud's phenomenon is proposed as one possible etiology for the syndrome of myocardial infarction in young women.