Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. Ahead of Print: TKDA-52578 | DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2023.52578

Myocardial Infarction in Young Adult: Diagnosis Begins with Inspection

Zeynep Kumral¹, Ayse Çolak¹, Mehmet Emre Özpelit², Ebru Özpelit^1
1Department of Cardiology, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Türkiye
²Department of Cardiology, İzmir University of Economics, İzmir, Türkiye

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) represents an unusual form of myocardial infarction that is commonly observed in women. Connective tissue diseases including genetic vasculopathies are one of the important predisposing conditions leading to SCAD. We represent a 36-year-old male patient with anterior myocardial infarction who was diagnosed with vascular type Ehler-Danlos syndrome and reviewed the literature in this report.

Keywords: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection, Acute coronary syndromes, Connective tissue disease, Premature myocardial infarction, Vascular Ehler-Danlos syndrome

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