title: Rare case of myocardial infarction in a 19-year-old caused by a paradoxical coronary artery embolism.
abstract: This case focuses on a 19-year-old man who developed an inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction as a result of a previously undetected large atrial septal defect. This cardiac anomaly facilitated the transport of a paradoxical embolism that occluded the right coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Emergency Physician at the San Diego Medical Center in CA. jonathankei@kaiser-ed.com.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kei
authors.affiliation: Emergency Physician at the San Diego Medical Center in CA. jenniferpkiss@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Jennifer Kiss
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Avilla
authors.affiliation: Cardiologist at the San Diego Medical Center in CA. jeffrey.j.cavendish@kp.org.
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cavendish
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D004562:Electrocardiography; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000150:complications*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult