Hypothyroidism, Raynaud's phenomenon, and acute myocardial infarction in a young woman.
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.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D011928:Raynaud Disease / Q000150:complications*; D013577:Syndrome