title: Two brothers with myocardial infarction in the absence of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease: spontaneous coronary thrombosis: case reports of two brothers.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Arizona Heat Hospital and Institute, Phoenix, AZ 85006, USA. xnorbeht@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Jamal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Robert K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Strumpf
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nseir
authors.forename: Ayman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jamal
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Diethrich
mesh_terms: 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