Pure ventricular septal myocardial infarction in a young man with coronary artery ectasia

Int Heart J. 2006 Jan;47(1):131-7. doi: 10.1536/ihj.47.131.

Abstract

The case of a 30-year-old man with myocardial infarction localized in the interventricular septum is described. Coronary angiography performed on day 28 after the onset of symptoms revealed ectasia in the right and left coronary arteries, but no overt stenotic or occlusive lesions were present. Spasm was induced in the first septal branch of the left anterior descending artery by an acetylcholine provocation test, and single photon emission computed tomography myocardial perfusion imaging showed a reduced thallium-201 uptake localized in the interventricular septum.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications
  • Coronary Artery Disease / diagnosis*
  • Coronary Vasospasm / complications
  • Dilatation, Pathologic
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Conduction System
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Ventricular Septum