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Acute myocardial infarction during early pregnancy
Author(s) -
JENSEN S. E.,
SIMONSEN E. E.,
THAYSSEN P.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1994.tb01107.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , pregnancy , cardiology , percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty , post partum , stenosis , percutaneous , angioplasty , artery , second trimester , gestation , genetics , biology
. A 29‐year‐old woman with two previous births, suffered a non‐fatal Q‐wave myocardial infarction early in the second trimester of pregnancy. She gave uncomplicated birth to a healthy child 25 weeks later. Post‐partum coronary arteriography revealed a 66% stenosis on the left anterior descending coronary artery. The patient was successfully treated with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty