Two brothers with myocardial infarction in the absence of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease: spontaneous coronary thrombosis: case reports of two brothers.
Myocardial infarction in the absence of significant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease is not uncommonly encountered in clinical practice. This has been more often seen with the current sensitive biomarker assays for myocardial necrosis. Acute illnesses, spontaneous coronary dissection, sepsis, pulmonary embolism and coagulation disorders are some of the common clinical situation where elevated cardiac markers are noted. We describe two brothers presenting with acute myocardial infarction due to thrombus without any obvious cause.
Hussain
Jamal
J
Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Arizona Heat Hospital and Institute, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA. xnorbeht@yahoo.com
Strumpf
Robert K
RK
Nseir
Georges
G
Jamal
Ayman
A
Diethrich
Edward
E
D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D035781:Siblings; D015607:Stents; D017131:Thrombectomy; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional