title: Myocardial infarction in a patient with congenital coronary anomaly.
abstract: The authors describe the clinical case of a 38-year-old patient, with a history of smoking and hypercholesterolemia, who was admitted for non-Q wave acute myocardial infarction, and in whom coronary angiography revealed severe coronary disease and a congenital coronary anomaly. Unlike many congenital coronary anomalies that are manifested in ischemic disease, the nature of this patient's anomaly may have contributed to its benign clinical evolution, and influenced the therapeutic approach.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Catarino
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guardado
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Henriksson
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: João
authors.forename: Hélder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrageta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography