IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports (Oct 2018)

Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in an adolescent — Cryptogenic origin

  • Sachin Sondhi,
  • P.C. Negi,
  • Sanjeev Asotra,
  • Rajeev Merwaha,
  • Rajesh Sharma

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 3
pp. 143 – 148

Abstract

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Myocardial infarction (MI) in the young (age < 45 years) is a significant problem; however, there is a scarcity of data on premature coronary heart disease and MI in the adolescent patients. MI in adolescents (age between 10–19 years) is extremely rare. We present a case of the 18-year-old boy with ST-segment elevated extensive anterior wall MI and found to have complete thrombotic occlusion of left anterior descending and left circumflex coronary artery.

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