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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CC</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Cardiol Croat</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Cardiologia Croatica</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Cardiol. Croat.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="ppub">1848-543X</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">1848-5448</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Croatian Cardiac Society</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">CC 2013_8_3-4_112</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15836/ccar.2013.112</article-id>
<article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Extended Abstract</subject></subj-group>
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<article-title>Acute myocardial infarction in early postpartum: is it the vessel, the blood, or the plaque?</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><surname>Hadzibegovic</surname><given-names>Irzal</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Prvulovic</surname><given-names>Deiti</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Gabaldo</surname><given-names>Kresimir</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Vujeva</surname><given-names>Bozo</given-names></name></contrib>
<aff id="aff1"><institution>General Hospital &#x201C;Dr J. Bencevic&#x201D;, Slavonski Brod</institution>, <country country="hr">Croatia</country></aff>
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<corresp id="cor1">Correspondence to Irzal Hadzibegovic, Andrije Stampara 42, HR-35000 Slavonski Brod, Croatia; Phone: +385-35-201-201; E-mail: <email xlink:href="irzal@vip.hr">irzal@vip.hr</email></corresp></author-notes>
<pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic"><month>03</month><year>2013</year></pub-date>
<pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="print"><month>03</month><year>2013</year></pub-date>
<volume>8</volume>
<issue>3-4</issue>
<fpage>112</fpage>
<lpage>112</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Croatian Cardiac Society</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2013</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Croatian Cardiac Society</copyright-holder>
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<kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><title>KEYWORDS: </title><kwd>peripartum</kwd><kwd>myocardial infarction</kwd><kwd>coronary artery thrombosis</kwd></kwd-group>
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<p>Acute myocardial infarction with persistent ST-segment elevation (STEMI) during early postpartum period is rare but is associated with high mortality or acute heart failure. Its incidence is greater in multigravidas older than 30 years, and it most commonly affects the anterior myocardial wall. Main causes are spontaneous coronary artery dissection, acute in-situ thrombosis due to thrombophilia, coronary vasospasm or plaque rupture. We present a case of a 31 years old multigravida who suffered an acute anterior wall STEMI 5 days after normal vaginal delivery of a healthy boy. There were no previously known cardiovascular risk factors. She was transferred to our cath-lab 2 hours after chest pain onset. Thrombotic lesion of the proximal LAD with thrombus shift in the diagonal branch was diagnosed on urgent angiogram. There were no signs of severe vasospasm or dissection. She was treated with thrombus aspiration, intracoronary and continuous intravenous eptifibatide, and balloon predilatation. Due to residual severe ostial LAD stenosis, drug eluting stent was implanted. Patient recovered well, with global left ventricular ejection fraction of 50% and mild mitral regurgitation. She had hypercholesterolemia (LDL 6.8 mmol/L). Other risk factors were not present. Laboratory and genetic tests for thrombophilia were all negative. She was without any symptoms in the follow up. We discuss coronary anatomy in early postpartum STEMI and optimal interventional and medical treatment strategy in this particular patient. (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r1"><italic>1</italic></xref>-<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="r3"><italic>3</italic></xref>)</p>
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