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Acute myocardial infarction secondary to thyrotoxicosis
Timur Timurkaynak1, Gulten Aydogdu, Atiye Cengel
1Gazi University Medical School, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey. ttimurkaynak@superonline.com
Acta Cardiologica
|January 25, 2003
Abstract:
Angina and myocardial infarction have been reported in hyperthyroidism with normal coronary arteries, presumably secondary to thyroid-induced coronary artery spasm. We report the case of a very young female patient with an atypical presentation of acute myocardial infarction mimicking pulmonary embolization secondary to thyrotoxicosis. Hyperthyroidism should be kept in mind in younger patients in the differential diagnosis of coronary artery disease.