A pregnant woman with acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery dissection: pre-hospital and in-hospital management

J H Schiff; A Gries; R Ehehalt; M Elsaesser; H A Katus; F J Meyer

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.10.020

A pregnant woman with acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery dissection: pre-hospital and in-hospital management

Resuscitation. 2007 Jun;73(3):467-74. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.10.020. Epub 2007 Feb 9.

Authors

J H Schiff¹, A Gries, R Ehehalt, M Elsaesser, H A Katus, F J Meyer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. jan.schiff@med.uni-heidelberg.de

PMID: 17292526
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.10.020

Abstract

A young pregnant woman (32nd week of gestation) presented with acute chest pain due to right coronary artery dissection (CAD) in a pre-hospital setting. The pre-hospital diagnosis by the ambulance staff of an acute myocardial infarction in the antenatal period based on a 12-lead ECG combined with successful treatment by percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting is novel.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Disease / complications
Coronary Disease / diagnosis
Coronary Disease / therapy*
Emergency Treatment
Female
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
Myocardial Infarction / etiology
Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / diagnosis
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / therapy*