Erschienen in:
13.04.2016 | Case Report
Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Artery Stenting in Pregnancy in a Woman with Resistant Familial Hyperlipidaemia
verfasst von:
Anna Liza Roslani, Abdul Hadi Jaafar, Anwar Irawan Ruhani
Erschienen in:
The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
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Sonderheft 2/2016
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Excerpt
A 31-year-old woman with familial hyperlipidaemia and severe coronary artery disease presented at 6 weeks of pregnancy. She had been diagnosed with familial hyperlipidaemia at the age of 7 years, after her father suffered a myocardial infarction in his early forties. She was then lost to follow-up. At the age of 24 years, she had a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). A coronary angiogram at that time showed 6 areas of plaque affecting three branches of the coronary arteries. Her medications were simvastatin 20 mg daily, perindopril 4 mg daily, aspirin 150 mg daily and metoprolol 100 mg daily. …