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Coronary giant cell arteritis and acute myocardial infarction
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Coronary giant cell arteritis and acute myocardial infarction

Pérsio Godoy et al. Stanley de Almeida Araújo Eduardo Paulino Júnior Marco Aurélio Lana-Peixoto

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is a systemic immune-mediated granulomatous vasculitis of large- and medium-sized arteries mainly affecting elderly people. Death from GCA alone is rare and usually results of ruptured aorta. In this paper is reported a case of a 83-year-old woman who unexpectedly died during treatment of GCA. Necropsy revealed inflammatory involvement of the coronary arteries with left descendent anterior artery thrombosis, myocardial infarct and rupture of the anterior wall of the left ventricle, as well as hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade. Myocardial infarction leading to sudden death is an exceptional complication of GCA.

  • Horton giant dell arteritis
  • Myocardial Infarction
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24/05/2007 DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2007000400027

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Godoy P, Araújo SA, Paulino Júnior E, Lana-Peixoto MA. Coronary giant cell arteritis and acute myocardial infarction. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2007;88(4):e84-7.

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Godoy, Pérsio; Araújo, Stanley de Almeida; Paulino Júnior, Eduardo; Lana-Peixoto, Marco Aurélio. Coronary giant cell arteritis and acute myocardial infarction. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 88, n. 4, p. e84-e87, May. 2007.

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Godoy, P., Araújo, S. A., Paulino Júnior, E., & Lana-Peixoto, M. A. (2007). Coronary giant cell arteritis and acute myocardial infarction. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 88(4), e84-e87.

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Godoy, Pérsio and Araújo, Stanley de Almeida and Paulino Júnior, Eduardo and Lana-Peixoto, Marco Aurélio. Coronary giant cell arteritis and acute myocardial infarction. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2007, vol. 88, n. 4, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. e84-e87. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/coronary-giant-cell-arteritis-and-acute-myocardial-infarction/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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