Myocardial infarct during pregnancy
Pietilä, M.; Ylitalo, A.; Airaksinen, J.
Duodecim; Laaketieteellinen Aikakauskirja 128(5): 514-517
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0012-7183 PMID: 22486067 Document Number: 662080
Acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy is a rare but potentially fatal complication. We describe a 43-year-old patient with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction during late pregnancy. She underwent coronary angiography but was treated conservatively after an occlusion of mid-size left oblique marginal branch was observed. During pregnancy many medications normally used in the setting of acute coronary syndrome are contraindicated and use of radiation should be minimized. Thus treatment of acute coronary syndrome must be carefully tailored in this patient group.