title: Perioperative myocardial infarction in a patient with metabolic syndrome.
abstract: We report on the case of a 19-year-old Hispanic male with metabolic syndrome who developed a myocardial infarction after an uneventful appendectomy. To our knowledge, this is the first published report of a young adult with metabolic syndrome suffering a major cardiac event after a simple abdominal surgical procedure. It raises the question as to how to prevent such complications in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, John H Stroger Jr, Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. kliu@rush.edu
authors.forename: Katherine J M
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Havelka
authors.forename: Suhail
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khadra
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001062:Appendectomy; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome