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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-1-29
pubmed:abstractText
We describe an acute myocardial infarction in a young athlete with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and normal coronary arteries. A 18 year old athlete came to our attention for dispnoea and chest pain during effort. Echocardiography showed non-obstructive HCM, with restrictive physiology. Cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography showed elevated pulmonary artery pressure and normal coronary arteries. He was discharged on sotalol and diuretics. Nine months later, he was resuscitated from a cardiac arrest during mild effort. The ECG revealed a high rate of atrial fibrillation with significant ST-T changes, and echocardiography an akinesia of interventricular septum. Cardiac enzymes were elevated. The coronary angiogram showed normal coronary arteries. This case is important as a reminder that acute myocardial infarction is not only due to coronary artery disease, and that atrial fibrillation may represent a trigger of serious cardiovascular events in patients with HCM.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1874-1754
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
7
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
e71-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Myocardial infarction in a young athlete with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and normal coronary arteries.
pubmed:publicationType
Letter, Case Reports