Myocardial infarction in a parturient. A case report with emphasis on medication and management.

Söderlin, M K; Purhonen, S; Haring, P; Hietakorpi, S; Koski, E; Nuutinen, L S · Anaesthesia · 1994

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Myocardial infarction is rare in pregnancy. We report a 38-year-old woman with a history of smoking and pre-eclampsia in her previous pregnancy, who suffered a non-Q infarction at 18 weeks of gestation. Stenoses in the left coronary artery were verified angiographically. She delivered a healthy child vaginally under epidural anaesthesia.

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