title: Polyarteritis nodosa and myocardial infarction.
abstract: A 35-year-old man with a history of polyarteritis nodosa is presented. The patient presented with acute anterolateral myocardial infarction that was complicated by diffuse coronary artery aneurysms found during cardiac catheterization. The complication of acute myocardial infarction in a patient with diffuse coronary artery aneurysms associated with polyarteritis nodosa is rare.
authors.affiliation: Scott & White Clinic, Temple, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kastner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaffney
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology