Key result
Low-dose oral contraceptive use for 1 month was associated with an acute inferior myocardial infarction in a 20-year-old female without cardiovascular risk factors.
Population
20-year-old non-smoker female without cardiovascular risk factors
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
1 month
Authors
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Does not support changing OC prescribing; leaves open rare MI risk in young women without risk factors.
Case Report (n=1)
Low-dose oral contraceptives may induce acute myocardial infarction even in very young females without cardiovascular risk factors.
Aslan et al. (2016) conducted a case report in acute inferior myocardial infarction (n=1). low-dose oral contraceptive was evaluated on acute inferior myocardial infarction. Low-dose oral contraceptive use for 1 month was associated with an acute inferior myocardial infarction in a 20-year-old female without cardiovascular risk factors.
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