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Rev Esp Cardiol
; 56(3): 318-20, 2003 Mar.
Artigo
em Espanhol
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12622963
RESUMO
We report the case of a 33-years-old woman, smoker and taking oral contraceptives, who presented to the emergency room with an anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Thrombolytic treatment was initiated and a few minutes after, chest pain returned and an inferior ST-segment-elevation infarction was diagnosed at that moment. Catheterization revealed multiple embolic occlusion of coronary branches. We discuss tests performed and pathophysiology of myocardial infarction in this patient.