학술논문
Myocardial Infarction in a Premenopausal Woman on Leuprolide Therapy.
Document Type
Article
Source
Subject
*MYOCARDIAL infarction
*PERIMENOPAUSE
*WOMEN'S health
*CHEST pain
*BLOOD flow
*LEUPROLIDE
*PATIENTS
*THERAPEUTICS
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Language
ISSN
1687-9627
Abstract
Premenopausal women with chest pain syndrome may have nonatherosclerotic coronary arteries with abnormal coronary flow. Estrogens have cardioprotective effect improving coronary vasodilatation. This case report discusses the consequences of leuprolide use by decreasing estrogen levels which led to acute myocardial infarction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]