ST elevation myocardial infarction in a teenager: Case report and review of the literature

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 523-526

  Vivo, Rey P ^a   Krim, Selim R ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drugs; Hormonal contraceptives; Hypercoagulable state; ST elevation myocardial infarction; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; CLOPIDOGREL; EPTIFIBATIDE; HEPARIN; METOPROLOL; TROPONIN; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERICARDITIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SMOKING CESSATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SMOKING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, COMBINED; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649116843     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31819984fc     Document Type: Article

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