Acute myocardial infarction during early pregnancy.
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.
Jensen
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Department of Medicine, Haderslev Hospital, Denmark.
Simonsen
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Thayssen
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second