Acute myocardial infarction in a young woman with ulcerative colitis: A case report and literature review

Yong Zhang; Xuezeng Hao; Xiangying Zheng; Huaibing Zhao; Wei Zhang; Lijing Zhang

doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000008885

Acute myocardial infarction in a young woman with ulcerative colitis: A case report and literature review

Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Nov;96(47):e8885. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000008885.

Authors

Yong Zhang¹, Xuezeng Hao, Xiangying Zheng, Huaibing Zhao, Wei Zhang, Lijing Zhang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Dongzhimen Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine Department of Rehabilitation and Stroke Center, Dongzhimen Hospital, The First Affiliated Hospital of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.

Abstract

Rationale: Myocardial infarction due to nonatherosclerotic coronary thrombosis in young woman with ulcerative colitis is rare.

Patient concerns: A 23-year-old Chinese woman with a 3-year history of ulcerative colitis was admitted to the coronary care unit due to prolonged chest pain.

Diagnoses: Myocardial infarction due to nonatherosclerotic coronary thrombosis was diagnosed in this young woman.

Lessons: Coronary artery thrombosis in ulcerative colitis is a serious condition and can occur in the young population.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Chest Pain / etiology
Colitis, Ulcerative / complications*
Coronary Thrombosis / complications*
Female
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
Young Adult