Key result
Oral sumatriptan ingestion induced severe coronary artery vasospasm leading to an ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a 49-year-old woman with normal coronary arteries.
Population
49-year-old Caucasian female with a history of migraine and depression, taking sumitriptan and…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to rare sumatriptan vasospasm risk; leaves open true incidence and predictors.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Oral sumitriptan can induce severe coronary vasospasm leading to STEMI even in patients without underlying coronary artery disease or cardiovascular risk factors.
Jensen et al. (2015) conducted a case report in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (n=1). Oral sumatriptan was evaluated on Development of ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Oral sumatriptan ingestion induced severe coronary artery vasospasm leading to an ST-elevation myocardial infarction in a 49-year-old woman with normal coronary arteries.
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