A 47-year-old male patient was admitted to our Emergency Hospital’s coronary unit with an acute myocardial infarction, localized inferolaterally. He had been hospitalized 2 months before this occurrence because of persistent chest pain accompanied by elevation of the ST segment in precordial and inferior leads, for which he received thrombolytic therapy. Selective cardiac catheterization was then also effected, and showed diffuse ectasia of coronary arteries with no significant stenoses. Since streptokinase had been applied recently, the patient was given standard therapy as well as electroshocks because of chamber fibrillation. Two hours after admission, the infarct pain ceased and rapid ECG improvement occurred. Repeated coronarography showed a situation identical to the previous one. The patient was sent home to proceed with drug therapy.

Keywords:
Acute myocardial infarction, Coronary ectasia, Anticoagulant therapy
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