ISOLATED CORONARY VASCULITIS AS A CAUSE OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA

Menhel Kinno,Njambi Mathenge,Monali Patel,Osama Tariq Niazi,Ra'Ad Tashman,Seth Lichtenstein,Umair Tariq,Yulanka Castro-Dominguez,Venkata Subbarao Boppana,Qaisra Saeed

ISOLATED CORONARY VASCULITIS AS A CAUSE OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA

2016

Menhel Kinno
Njambi Mathenge
Monali Patel
Osama Tariq Niazi
Ra'Ad Tashman
Seth Lichtenstein
Umair Tariq
Yulanka Castro-Dominguez
Venkata Subbarao Boppana
Qaisra Saeed

Coronary artery vasculitis (CAV) is a rare cause of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It can be either isolated or due to other systemic vasculitides. Limited information is available about the angiographic appearance and therapeutic options for isolated CAV. A 47-year-old previously healthy woman

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Vasculitis
Myocardial infarction
Internal medicine
Dilemma
Cardiology
Medicine
Diabetes mellitus
diagnostic dilemma
Artery

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