title: Postpartum coronary vasospasm with literature review.
abstract: Acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy or the postpartum period is rare. We report a case of a 39-year-old postpartum woman who developed non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction due to severe diffuse coronary vasospasm. To our knowledge, this is the first case of angiographically evidenced coronary vasospasm, in a postpartum woman, with resistance to intracoronary nitroglycerin.
authors.affiliation: Seton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph's Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
authors.forename: Jayanth
authors.initials: J
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authors.affiliation: Seton Hall Internal Medicine Residency Program, St. Michael's Medical Center, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5864-5715
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cholankeril
authors.affiliation: Seton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph's Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
authors.forename: Kunal
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-0087-634X
authors.initials: K
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authors.affiliation: Seton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph's Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
authors.forename: Fadi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alattar
authors.affiliation: Seton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph's Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
authors.forename: Ashraf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alqaqa
authors.affiliation: Seton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph's Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
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authors.affiliation: Seton Hall Cardiology Fellowship Program, St. Joseph's Medical Center, Paterson, NJ 07503, USA.
authors.forename: Mahesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bikkina
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