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Case Reports
[Acute myocardial infarction following persistent atrial fibrillation. Consequence, common etiology or a case?].
- Carlo Ratti, Laura Grassi, Paolo Magnavacchi, and Bruno Bompani.
- Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale S. Maria Bianca, Mirandola, Modena. ratticarlo@hotmail.com
- Recenti Prog Med. 2010 Mar 1;101(3):112-4.
AbstractWe describe the case of a patient with persistent atrial fibrillation who subsequently developed an acute myocardial infarction. We discuss the hypothetical reasons that can explain the correlation between the two events: coronary embolism, inflammation, endothelial dysfunction.
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