Why the study?
Does oral contraceptive use cause transmural myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries in young women?
Population
4 young women with transmural myocardial infarction and normal or near normal coronary arteries who had been…
Design
Case_series
Authors
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Supports microvascular dysfunction in OC-associated MI with normal coronaries; leaves open causality and needs prospective confirmation.
Does oral contraceptive use cause transmural myocardial infarction with normal coronary arteries in young women?
Oral contraceptives may be associated with myocardial infarction in young women despite normal coronary arteries, potentially due to primary thrombosis followed by spontaneous thrombolysis.
Engel et al. (1977) studied this question.
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