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Coronary angioplasty and drug-eluting stent implantation successfully treated a critical proximal left anterior descending artery lesion in a 28-year-old postpartum woman with atypical chest pain.
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This case highlights the diagnosis of a critical LAD lesion with thrombus in a young postpartum woman presenting with atypical chest pain.
May signal need for coronary evaluation in postpartum atypical pain; leaves open whether this represents a broader indication for angiography.
Four weeks ago we described the case of Mrs Patel, a 28 year old postpartum woman with atypical right sided chest pain (18 February BMJ 2006;332: 406. A treadmill exercise test was non-diagnostic but stress echocardiography showed reduced systolic wall thickening (25 February BMJ 2006;332: 471). Coronary angiography showed she had a critical lesion in the proximal left anterior descending artery with an associated thrombus (fig 1). The circumflex and right coronary artery had plaque disease but no flow limiting …
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Dwivedi et al. (2006) conducted a case report in Coronary artery disease (n=1). Coronary angioplasty and drug-eluting stent was evaluated on Symptom resolution and clinical outcome. Coronary angioplasty and drug-eluting stent implantation successfully treated a critical proximal left anterior descending artery lesion in a 28-year-old postpartum woman with atypical chest pain.
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