Postpartum Coronary Vasospasm with Literature Review

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 coro...

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Main Authors: Jayanth Koneru, Matthew Cholankeril, Kunal Patel, Fadi Alattar, Ashraf Alqaqa, Hirtaj Virk, Fayez Shamoon, Mahesh Bikkina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/523023