Unusual cause of myocardial infarction

Blanc, P.; Douard, H.; Santiano, E.; Broustet, J.P.; Roudaut, R.

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux 96(10): 999-1001

2003


ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9683
PMID: 14653062
Document Number: 565126
The authors report the case of a woman with an acute myocardial infarction in whom coronary angiography performed a few hours earlier was completely normal. Transoesophageal echocardiography showed two thrombi in the left atrial appendage confirming the thromboembolic mechanism of this infarct.

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