ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Young Woman

William S. Morgan, MD; Danielle R. Witt, MD; Stephen C. Infanger, MD; Vera A. Bittner, MD, MSPH

JACC: Case Reports (Jan 2020)

ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Young Woman

William S. Morgan, MD,
Danielle R. Witt, MD,
Stephen C. Infanger, MD,
Vera A. Bittner, MD, MSPH

Affiliations

William S. Morgan, MD: Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Address for correspondence: Dr. William S. Morgan, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1720 2nd Avenue South, BDB 327, Birmingham, Alabama 35294.
Danielle R. Witt, MD: Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Stephen C. Infanger, MD: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Vera A. Bittner, MD, MSPH: Section of General Cardiology, Prevention, and Imaging, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 55 – 58

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We report a case of a 34-year-old woman who presented with an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with acute heart failure and a subsequent diagnosis of mosaic Turner syndrome (TS). The report also discusses cardiovascular disease in patients with TS and the current recommendations for screening and follow-up in these patients. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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