Myocardial infarction in young women

Myocardial Infarction With Moyamoya Disease and Pituitary Gigantism in a Young Female Patient

“…A few young female patients with ischemic heart diseases have been diagnosed with associated Kawasaki's disease and Takayasu's arteritis, especially in Eastern countries. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] However, there has been no previous report of myocardial infarction associated with Moyamoya disease. The present patient had occlusion of both internal carotid ateries, and critical stenosis in the coronary artery, but previously reported cases of Moyamoya disease have not had clinical symptoms of ischemic heart disease.…”