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ea0029p438 | Clinical case reports - Thyroid/Others | ICEECE2012

Thyrotoxicosis-associated acute myocardial infarction and ventricular fibrillation in a patient with normal epicardial coronary arteries

Trifanescu R. , Bicescu G. , Radulescu L. , Poiana C.

Introduction: Hyperthyroidism-associated myocardial infarction with normal epicardial coronary arteries on angiogram is seldom reported.Case report: A 61-year-old Caucasian man, resident in an iodine sufficient area, presented with chest pain in the emergency unit. ECG revealed inferolateral myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation. Soon after admission, the patients developed collapse due to primary ventricular fibrillation, requiring defibrillat...