Acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a 24-year-old woman with atheromatous coronary artery disease
McIver, Lachlan, Liebenberg, Paul, Scott, Ashleigh, and Sutcliffe, Steven (2012) Acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a 24-year-old woman with atheromatous coronary artery disease. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 24 (1). pp. 111-114.
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Abstract
We report the case of a 24-year-old Torres Strait Islander woman who presented to a rural hospital ED with chest pain suspicious for myocardial ischaemia and was found to have an anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction. She was thrombolysed and transferred to a tertiary centre where subsequent angiography revealed atheromatous disease of the left anterior descending coronary artery. We believe this to be one of the youngest reported cases of myocardial infarction due to atheromatous coronary artery disease, and demonstrates important learning points regarding the demographics and risk factors of indigenous patients with chest pain.
| Item ID: | 41084 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Case Study) |
| ISSN: | 1742-6723 |
| Keywords: | indigenous, myocardial infarction, young patient |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Oct 2015 03:03 |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1103 Clinical Sciences > 110305 Emergency Medicine @ 50% 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111701 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920103 Cardiovascular System and Diseases @ 50% 92 HEALTH > 9203 Indigenous Health > 920399 Indigenous Health not elsewhere classified @ 50% |
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