Myocardial infarction in a patient with congenital coronary anomaly.
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.
Catarino
Carlos
C
Serviço de Cardiologia Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.
Duarte
José
J
Cordeiro
Pedro
P
Guardado
Jorge
J
Henriksson
Isabel
I
João
Isabel
I
Pereira
Hélder
H
Carrageta
Manuel
M
D000328:Adult; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography