Citation

Tucciarone M, Dileo PA, Castro ER, Guerrero M. Am. J. Ther. 2009; 16(5): 462-465.

Affiliation

Department of Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI; Department of Medicine, Juan Maria de Salvatierra Hospital, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico; and Division of Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/MJT.0b013e31818c7204

PMID

19352144

Abstract

Acute carbon monoxide poisoning is the most common cause of death from poisoning in the United States. It causes a spectrum of myocardial injury irrespective of carboxyhemoglobin levels and coronary anatomy. We present a 34-year-old woman with a non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction secondary to carbon monoxide poisoning who had normal coronary arteries by coronary angiography. A review of the literature is discussed.

Language: en