ReviewPostgraduate medical journal2002
Acute myocardial infarction in young adults: causes and management.
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- Cutting-edge issues in coronary disease and the primary antiphospholipid syndrome.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2013Pooled it
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- MINOCA in a 15-year-old female with multiple genetic mutations: A case of myocardial infarction in the very young adult.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- Myocardial Involvement in Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome during Pregnancy or Puerperium: A Case of a Young Breastfeeding Woman and Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- An In-Depth Prospective Comprehensive View on Myocardial Infarction (MI) in Young Adults.Cureus · 2023Review
- Near-Fatal Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Young Patient With Occlusive Coronary Artery Disease.Cureus · 2022Article
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- Correlation of TET-2 Levels with Disease Evaluation in AMI Patients.Contrast media & molecular imaging · 2022Article
- Clinical profiles and outcomes of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in young adults in a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia.Saudi medical journal · 2021Article
- Acute myocardial infarction in adolescents: reappraisal of underlying mechanisms.Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation · 2020Review
- Cardiac Manifestations of Antiphospholipid Syndrome With Focus on Its Primary Form.Frontiers in immunology · 2019Review
- Acute coronary syndrome in a young woman with antithrombin III deficiency.Journal of cardiology cases · 2013Article
- Recurrent acute coronary events in a young adult.Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis · 2013Article
- Myocardial infarction due to coronary thrombosis in a patient with Henoch-Schönlein purpura.Herz · 2012Article
- Unusual perioperative cardiac emergency in a healthy young woman.Case reports in anesthesiology · 2012Article
- Accelerated coronary atherosclerosis and H syndrome.BMJ case reports · 2011Article
- Myocardial infarction in children: Two interesting cases.Annals of pediatric cardiology · 2011Article
- Multiple arterial emboli secondary to left ventricular thrombus in a 35-year-old obese male.Journal of cardiovascular disease research · 2010Article
- [Myocardial infarction in the young adult--retrospective analysis of cases compile at the University Hospital of Dakar].The Pan African medical journal · 2010Article
- Myocardial infarction in young adults.Postgraduate medical journal · 2005Review
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Abstract
The case report in this review illustrates an acute myocardial infarction in a young adult probably due to arterial thrombosis that can be attributed to a hypercoagulable state resulting from the nephrotic syndrome. Although rare, acute myocardial infarction should be considered in young adults presenting with chest pain. A detailed clinical history may help to identify the aetiology, and guide subsequent management, but diagnostic coronary angiography is essential. Careful risk factor modification and treatment of the underlying cause should reduce the incidence of recurrent cardiac events.
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