1. Acute myocardial infarction in a young woman with severe ulcerative colitis.
- Author
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Mutlu B, Ermeydan CM, Enç F, Fotbolcu H, Demirkol O, Bayrak F, and Basaran Y
- Subjects
- Adult, Colitis, Ulcerative diagnosis, Coronary Angiography, Echocardiography, Doppler, Electrocardiography, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Heparin administration & dosage, Humans, Myocardial Infarction drug therapy, Risk Assessment, Severity of Illness Index, Sulfasalazine administration & dosage, Thrombolytic Therapy methods, Colitis, Ulcerative complications, Myocardial Infarction diagnosis, Myocardial Infarction etiology
- Abstract
In this report we present a case of a 28-year-old woman who was admitted to our emergency room complaining of chest pain. Her clinical ECG and biochemical evaluation was consistent with acute nonatherogenic myocardial infarction. Subsequent work is revealed that she was suffering from ulcerative colitis with acute exacerbation since last week. We discussed triggering factors for thrombogenic and inflammatory tendency of patient with comprehensive review of literature to clarify the causal relationship.
- Published
- 2002
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