Myocardial infarction due to intracoronary thrombi without significant coronary artery disease in systemic lupus erythematosus.
Acute myocardial infarction is a potentially fatal complication of SLE. Reported mechanisms include atherosclerosis, arteritis and coronary arterial spasm. The following case report presents a fourth possible cause; intracoronary thrombus with angiographically normal coronary arteries in a patient with active lupus and AMI.
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University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Kansas City.
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D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*