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Case Reports
. 1989 Aug;62(2):154-6.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.62.2.154.

Postpartum myocardial infarction

M A Movsesian  1 , R B Wray
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Case Reports

Postpartum myocardial infarction

M A Movsesian et al. Br Heart J. 1989 Aug.

Abstract

A 29 year old woman had a myocardial infarction three weeks post partum. Coronary angiography was performed six days later. No abnormalities were seen initially, but re-injection of the left coronary artery resulted in a dissection that extended through the anterior descending and circumflex branches and a reinfarction. This case suggests that myocardial infarctions occurring in patients with angiographically normal coronary arteries may be caused by dissections that heal by the time of catheterisation.

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