A Case of Coronary Thrombosis With Myocardial. Infarction in a Nineteen Year Old White Male

Case Reports1 May 1946A CASE OF CORONARY THROMBOSIS WITH MYOCARDIAL. INFARCTION IN A NINETEEN YEAR OLD WHITE MALEGUY A. RICHARDS, M.D.GUY A. RICHARDS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-5-908 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptCoronary artery disease exists in young people. Glendy, Levine, and White1 have reported a series, the youngest patient being 20 years old. Recently French and Dock2 reported a group of men 20 to 36 years of age all of whom had proved coronary thrombosis with myocardial infarction.A case of coronary thrombosis in a 19 year old youth is reported.CASE REPORTA patient aged 19 years was admitted to Emergency Hospital January 10, 1945, complaining of severe constant pain radiating across the abdomen just above the umbilicus.Eighteen hours prior to admission the patient awoke with abdominal pain described...Bibliography1. GLENDYLEVINEWHITE RESAPD: Coronary disease in youth, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1937, cix, 1775. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. FRENCHDOCK AJW: Fatal coronary arteriosclerosis in young soldiers, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxiv, 1233. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Washington, D. C.*Received for publication April 6, 1945. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 May 1946Volume 24, Issue 5Page: 908-911KeywordsAbdominal painAdolescentsInfarctionMyocardial infarctionPainStable coronary artery diseaseThrombosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...