Acute myocardial infarction related to smoke inhalation and myocardial bridging. |
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| Authors: | M. J. McCabe C. F. Weston A. G. Fraser |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Wales, Health Park, Cardiff, UK. |
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| Abstract: | A previously healthy 26 year old woman who was exposed to smoke during a house fire developed acute anterior myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular fibrillation. Subsequent left ventriculography confirmed anterior infarction, but coronary arteriography was normal apart from myocardial bridging over a segment of the left anterior descending artery. The development of acute myocardial infarction in this patient suggests that, in the presence of bridging, carbon monoxide inhalation may cause regional infarction. |
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