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Percutaneous coronary artery balloon angioplasty and stenting successfully treated a case of acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy, resulting in an excellent pregnancy outcome.
Percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting can be successfully performed for acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy.
May support PCI feasibility in pregnant AMI; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Acute myocardial infarction in pregnancy is a rare condition with substantial risk of maternal and fetal mortality. We present a case of myocardial infarction during pregnancy which was treated by percutaneous coronary artery balloon angioplasty and stenting with excellent pregnancy outcome.
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Craig et al. (1999) studied this question. Percutaneous coronary artery balloon angioplasty and stenting successfully treated a case of acute myocardial infarction during pregnancy, resulting in an excellent pregnancy outcome.
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