title: [Sequential double vessel myocardial infarction].
abstract: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) involving acute transmural ischemia of two vascular territories at the same time, which is known as double or combined infarction, is a well described phenomenon but rarely reported in most series of patients admitted for AMI. This may be related to the fact that AMI with multiple vessel obstruction often causes extensive myocardial injury and death before the patient arrives at the hospital. It is speculated that double infarction results from the overall prothrombotic and inflammatory conditions associated with AMI.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Unidade de Vila Real, Vila Real, Portugal. hjmribeiro@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hélder
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Catarina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Margato
authors.forename: Sofia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mateus
authors.forename: Ilídio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moreira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography