title: Acute myocardial infarction and rapid development of coronary aneurysms in a young woman--unusual presentation of Takayasu arteritis?
abstract: The present report describes a young female patient with acute myocardial infarction and inflammatory lesions limited to proximal and midsegments of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Based on the presence of positive inflammatory markers, an angiographically confirmed coronary artery lesion and the young age of the patient, an atypical presentation of Takayasu arteritis was diagnosed.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Cardiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland. aaraszkiewicz@interia.pl
authors.forename: Aleksander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Araszkiewicz
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prech
authors.forename: Pawel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hrycaj
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lesiak
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grajek
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cieslinski
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers