Acute myocardial infarction in a young woman with severe ulcerative colitis.
In this report we present a case of a 28-year-old woman who was admitted to our emergency room complaining of chest pain. Her clinical ECG and biochemical evaluation was consistent with acute nonatherogenic myocardial infarction. Subsequent work is revealed that she was suffering from ulcerative colitis with acute exacerbation since last week. We discussed triggering factors for thrombogenic and inflammatory tendency of patient with comprehensive review of literature to clarify the causal relationship.
Mutlu
Bülent
B
Ermeydan
Cem M H
CM
Enç
Feruze
F
Fotbolcu
Hakan
H
Demirkol
Onur
O
Bayrak
Fatih
F
Basaran
Yelda
Y
D000328:Adult; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy / Q000379:methods
D012460:Sulfasalazine; D006493:Heparin