Copyright © 1994 by the European Society of Cardiology.
© 1994 The European Society of Cardiology
Acute myocardial infarction in a patient with severe aortic stenosis and normal coronary arteries
Service de Cardiologie, Faculté de Médecine Paris-Ouest, Hópital A. Paré, Boulogne, France
Received 20 September 1993; revised 24 January 1994; .
Correspondence: G. Jondeau, MD; Service de Cardiologie, Höpital A. Paré, 9 Av Charles de Gaulle, 92100 Boulogne, France.
Abstract
We report a case of acute myocardial infarction occurring in a patient with severe aortic stenosis and left ventricular hypertrophy. A coronary angiogram performed during the acute phase of evolving myocardial infarction excluded coronary obstruction as the cause of acute myocardial infarction in this patient.
Key Words: Aortic stenosis acute myocardial infarction