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Acute myocardial infarction due to vasospasm induced by prostaglandin.

Can J Cardiol

October 2009

Department of Internal Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University Meidcal Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Prostaglandin E (PGE) is the preferred agent for second-trimester pregnancy termination. Hypotension, bradycardia, ventricular arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest and death associated with PGE have been reported. A case of acute myocardial infarction due to coronary vasospasm induced by PGE is described in the present report.

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