• Am J Emerg Med · Sep 2013

    Case Reports

    Acute myocardial infarction following psoralen plus ultraviolet light therapy.

    • Fuad Samadov, Murat Sunbul, and Ibrahim Sari.
    • Department of Cardiology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Sep 1;31(9):1423.e1-2.

    AbstractPsoralen plus ultraviolet light therapy (PUVA) combines the administration of psoralen with an exposure to ultraviolet A radiation. Psoralen plus ultraviolet light therapy is used for the treatment of a variety of skin diseases including morphea and generally considered as a safe treatment modality. We present here a rare case of 65-year-old woman presented with acute myocardial infarction following PUVA session, which has not been reported previously.

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