St-elevation myocardial infarction in a healthy 16-year-old adolescent: a clinical case

Background. Diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in pubertal patients is a diagnostic challenge, as individuals of such a young age usually do not have traditional risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) and, as a result, are at increased risk of misdiagnosis.

Objective. To describe a clinical case of AMI in a 16-yearold patient against the background of complete well-being.

Design and methods. A 16-year-old patient, against the background of complete well-being, developed pressing pains in the chest, which stopped on their own after a few hours. During hospitalization, in addition to an increase in the level of troponin, the results of other laboratory and instrumental studies did not confirm the version of AMI, as a result of which other cardiac and non-cardiac causes of the development of chest pain formed the basis of the diagnostic search. This was the reason for the delayed diagnosis and endovascular treatment of thrombotic occlusion of the right coronary artery, and, as a result, the formation of an area of persistent hypokinesia of the lower parts of the left ventricle. Further search for possible causes of AMI, including the analysis of genetically associated conditions, did not yield results.

Results. This publication describes a case of acute inferior myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation and thrombotic occlusion of the right coronary artery in a 16-year-old adolescent and the impact of an irrational diagnostic process on long-term prognosis.

Conclusion. The presented clinical case demonstrates the importance of including the diagnosis of AMI in the process of differential diagnosis of acute chest pain, even in adolescent patients.

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