title: Acute myocardial infarction secondary to thromboembolism in a patient with atrial fibrillation.
abstract: Atrial fibrillation is a common entity and can be associated with thromboembolic complications in as many as 18% of patients per year. Anticoagulation is the mainstay of therapy to reduce the risk of stroke and peripheral embolization. A coronary thromboembolus with subsequent myocardial infarction, however, is rare. We describe the case of a 53 year-old female with a history of non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy that presented with newly diagnosed, symptomatic atrial fibrillation and during hospitalization suffered an acute myocardial infarction from embolization of a left atrial appendage thrombus.
authors.forename: Ravi Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jolly
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*