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Myocardial infarction and coronary artery dissection in pregnancy.

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Coulson, CC; Kuller, JA; Bowes, WA
Published in: Am J Perinatol
September 1995

Myocardial infarction associated with pregnancy is a relatively rare event, usually related to maternal risk factors for ischemic heart disease such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Coronary artery dissection represents an even more uncommon event and generally occurs in peripartum women without predisposing risk factors. A 31-year-old patient's postpartum course was complicated by the development of probable acute fatty liver of pregnancy followed by myocardial infarction and coronary artery dissection. The acute fatty liver of pregnancy and the cardiac event in our patient may both be vasospastic events related to vascular hypersensitivity.

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Am J Perinatol

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ISSN

0735-1631

Publication Date

September 1995

Volume

12

Issue

5

Start / End Page

328 / 330

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Puerperal Disorders
  • Pregnancy
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Fatty Liver
  • Coronary Aneurysm
  • Aortic Dissection
 

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Coulson, C. C., Kuller, J. A., & Bowes, W. A. (1995). Myocardial infarction and coronary artery dissection in pregnancy. Am J Perinatol, 12(5), 328–330. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-994487
Coulson, C. C., J. A. Kuller, and W. A. Bowes. “Myocardial infarction and coronary artery dissection in pregnancy.Am J Perinatol 12, no. 5 (September 1995): 328–30. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-994487.
Coulson CC, Kuller JA, Bowes WA. Myocardial infarction and coronary artery dissection in pregnancy. Am J Perinatol. 1995 Sep;12(5):328–30.
Coulson, C. C., et al. “Myocardial infarction and coronary artery dissection in pregnancy.Am J Perinatol, vol. 12, no. 5, Sept. 1995, pp. 328–30. Pubmed, doi:10.1055/s-2007-994487.
Coulson CC, Kuller JA, Bowes WA. Myocardial infarction and coronary artery dissection in pregnancy. Am J Perinatol. 1995 Sep;12(5):328–330.
Journal cover image

Published In

Am J Perinatol

DOI

ISSN

0735-1631

Publication Date

September 1995

Volume

12

Issue

5

Start / End Page

328 / 330

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Puerperal Disorders
  • Pregnancy
  • Postpartum Hemorrhage
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Fatty Liver
  • Coronary Aneurysm
  • Aortic Dissection