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Document Details : Title: Myocardial infarction and pregnancy Author(s): FOADING DEFFO, B. Journal: Acta Cardiologica Volume: 62 Issue: 3 Date: June 2007 Pages: 303-308 DOI: 10.2143/AC.62.3.2020822 Abstract : Acute myocardial infarction is rare in women of childbearing age, especially in the absence of common risk factors1. We describe the case of a 38-year-old multiparous woman with anterior myocardial infarction treated with thrombolysis, followed by percutaneous coronary angioplasty. The patient developed transient heart failure within the first week. The rest of the follow-up was uneventful with delivery by caesarian section of a healthy baby at 36 weeks. We reviewed the literature concerning the physiopathological background of myocardial infarction during pregnancy, its epidemiology and management. |