[A rare cause of myocardial infarction: carbon monoxide intoxication]

Tunis Med. 2004 Mar;82(3):320-3.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We describe a 34-year-old man who suffered an acute myocardial infarction after carbon monoxide domestic exposure. The coronary angiogram was normal. The necrosis is explained in part by a severe coronary spasm. The purpose of this work was to assess the pathophysiology and the treatment of this rare cause of myocardial infarction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / complications*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Emergencies
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction / drug therapy
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
  • Plasminogen Activators / therapeutic use
  • Streptokinase / therapeutic use
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents
  • Streptokinase
  • Plasminogen Activators