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01-12-2016 | Case Report

Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Artery Stenting in Pregnancy in a Woman with Resistant Familial Hyperlipidaemia

Authors: Anna Liza Roslani, Abdul Hadi Jaafar, Anwar Irawan Ruhani

Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India | Special Issue 2/2016

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A 31-year-old woman with familial hyperlipidaemia and severe coronary artery disease presented at 6 weeks of pregnancy. She had been diagnosed with familial hyperlipidaemia at the age of 7 years, after her father suffered a myocardial infarction in his early forties. She was then lost to follow-up. At the age of 24 years, she had a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI). A coronary angiogram at that time showed 6 areas of plaque affecting three branches of the coronary arteries. Her medications were simvastatin 20 mg daily, perindopril 4 mg daily, aspirin 150 mg daily and metoprolol 100 mg daily. …

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Title: Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction and Coronary Artery Stenting in Pregnancy in a Woman with Resistant Familial Hyperlipidaemia
Authors: Anna Liza Roslani
Abdul Hadi Jaafar
Anwar Irawan Ruhani
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer India
Published in: The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India / Issue Special Issue 2/2016
Print ISSN: 0971-9202
Electronic ISSN: 0975-6434
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13224-016-0878-y

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