September 1, 1997Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Acute infarction, intracoronary thrombolysis, and primary PTCA in pregnancy

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Population

1 pregnant patient under age 35 in the third trimester with acute myocardial infarction and multiple poor…

Design

Case_report

Authors

MWM. Diane WebberUniversity College London RHRobert E. HalliganPhoenix VA Health Care System JSJames A. SchumacherGood Samaritan Regional Medical Center

Discussion

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Implication

May inform individualized AMI management in pregnancy; hypothesis-generating from single case, needs prospective confirmation.

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Population

1 pregnant patient under age 35 in the third trimester with acute myocardial infarction (occluded LAD) and multiple poor prognostic factors.

Intervention

Intracoronary thrombolysis and primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)

Outcome

Maternal and fetal clinical outcomes (recovery, delivery, and peripartum cardiac complications)

Intracoronary thrombolysis and primary PTCA can be successfully and safely performed in high-risk pregnant patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction.

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Webber et al. (1997) studied this question.

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Acute infarction, intracoronary thrombolysis, and primary PTCA in pregnancy

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Acute infarction, intracoronary thrombolysis, and primary PTCA in pregnancy

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