ST elevation myocardial infarction in a young adult: Expect the unexpected

Authors

Shashank Jain, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Priya Rajagopalan, MD, Reading Health System, Reading PA
Mitul Kanzaria, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Meir Mazuz, MD, Reading Health System, Reading PA

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Background

• Acute myocardial infarction (MI) in young adults can present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge
• Kawasaki disease (KD) is a vasculitis of unknown etiology that occurs in infancy and childhood
• Coronary artery aneurysms (CAA) are the most serious complication of untreated KD seen in upto 25% of patients
• Thrombosis of these CAA or coronary stenosis can present as MI in less than 2% of cases which mainly occur in the 1^st year of disease onset
• Late presentations in adult life is extremely rare

Publication Date

4-25-2017

Keywords

ST elevation myocardial infarction in a young adult: Expect the unexpected, Department of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University

Disciplines

Cardiology | Medicine and Health Sciences

Recommended Citation

Jain, MD, Shashank; Rajagopalan, MD, Priya; Kanzaria, MD, Mitul; and Mazuz, MD, Meir, "ST elevation myocardial infarction in a young adult: Expect the unexpected" (2017). Department of Medicine Posters. 6.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/medposters/6