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Oral contraceptive use in a 29-year-old female patient with a Factor V Leiden mutation was associated with the occurrence of an acute anterior myocardial infarction.
Highlights the risk of acute myocardial infarction in young women with a Factor V Leiden mutation who use oral contraceptives.
May warrant caution prescribing OCs to young women with Factor V Leiden; leaves open causal risk quantification in larger studies.
It is known that there is an interaction between oral contraceptive pills and the cardiovascular-hemostatic system.In this case report, we discuss a 29-year-old female patient, who had been taking oral contraceptive drugs, who was admitted to the emergency department with chest pain.Acute anterior myocardial infarction was diagnosed.
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Alihanoğlu et al. (2013) studied this question. Oral contraceptive use in a 29-year-old female patient with a Factor V Leiden mutation was associated with the occurrence of an acute anterior myocardial infarction.
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