• Title of article

    Mesenteric Ischemia and Myocardial Infarction Associated with Atrial Fibrillation

  • Author/Authors

    Cheng, Liting Cardiovascular Center - Beijing Friendship Hospital - Capital Medical University, Beijing, China , Wu, Yongquan Cardiovascular Center - Beijing Friendship Hospital - Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

  • Pages
    4
  • From page
    1
  • To page
    4
  • Abstract
    Atrial fibrillation is a common disease correlated with embolism incidents. However, there is lack of report on atrial fibrillation causing myocardial infarction and mesenteric ischemia at the same time. Our patient is a 69-year-old woman who had undergone thoracic surgery a month before presented to our hospital with newly discovered atrial fibrillation, abdominal pain, and ST-elevated myocardial infarction. .is is a rare case that atrial fibrillation took place one month after surgery and caused embolism incidents in both coronary artery and mesenteric artery.
  • Keywords
    Mesenteric Ischemia , Myocardial Infarction , Atrial Fibrillation
  • Journal title
    Case Reports in Cardiology
  • Serial Year
    2018
  • Record number

    2611405