Myocardial infarction complicating hormone replacement therapy in a young woman with normal coronary arteries.
We describe a 30-year-old Afro-Caribbean woman with a history of secondary amenorrhoea, who had been treated with HRT because of a presumed diagnosis of premature ovarian failure, and subsequently presented with an acute infero-lateral myocardial infarction. Subsequent coronary angiography demonstrated normal coronary arteries.
Steiner
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University Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
Clarkson
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D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000187:drug effects; D045166:Estradiol Congeners / Q000494:pharmacology; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D016649:Primary Ovarian Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*
D045166:Estradiol Congeners