SUCCESSFUL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY IN A PREGNANT WOMAN AT TERM - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
SMYTH DW HULME C
Citation
Dw. Smyth et C. Hulme, SUCCESSFUL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY IN A PREGNANT WOMAN AT TERM - A CASE-REPORT, The Journal of invasive cardiology, 7(3), 1995, pp. 80-84
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Journal of invasive cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
10423931
Volume
7
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
80 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
1042-3931(1995)7:3<80:SCAIAP>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy is a rare but serious occ urrence with a high maternal and fetal mortality. We report the case o f a 31-year-old woman who sustained an inferior myocardial infarction complicated by unstable angina at term. This was treated by coronary a ngioplasty with a satisfactory outcome.