Acute Nonatherosclerotic Coronary Thromboembolism Presenting with an Inferior STEMI in a Patient on Oral Contraception.
Nabil BraitehRaheel ChaudhryIbraheem RehmanJowana BreitehAlon YarkoniPublished in: Case reports in cardiology (2021)
Coronary embolism is rare and often not considered in the differential of acute coronary syndrome. It is of utmost importance for clinicians to keep a wide differential of nonatherosclerotic causes of STEMI especially when the patient is young, without significant cardiac risk factors.
Keyphrases
- acute coronary syndrome
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- case report
- coronary artery disease
- risk factors
- coronary artery
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- liver failure
- antiplatelet therapy
- left ventricular
- palliative care
- respiratory failure
- drug induced
- acute respiratory distress syndrome