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World J Clin Cases. Jun 6, 2021; 9(16): 4040-4045
Published online Jun 6, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i16.4040
Published online Jun 6, 2021. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v9.i16.4040
Acute inferior myocardial infarction in a young man with testicular seminoma: A case report
Alexandru Scafa-Udriste, Nicoleta-Monica Popa-Fotea, Maria Dorobantu, Department of Cardio-Thoracic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest 050474, Romania
Alexandru Scafa-Udriste, Nicoleta-Monica Popa-Fotea, Vlad Bataila, Lucian Calmac, Maria Dorobantu, Department of Cardiology, Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest 014461, Romania
Author contributions: Scafa-Udriste A, Popa-Fotea NM, Bataila V and Calmac L collected and analyzed the data; Popa-Fotea NM drafted the article; Scafa-Udriste A and Popa-Fotea NM conceived of and designed the study, acquired the funding, and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content; all authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Supported by Executive Agency for Higher Education , Research, Development and Innovation Funding, No. PN-III-P2-2.1-PED- 2019-2434.
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Corresponding author: Nicoleta-Monica Popa-Fotea, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Cardio-Thoracic, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, No. 8 Eroii Sanitari, Bucharest 050474, Romania. nicoleta.popa-fotea@drd.umfcd.ro
Received: January 15, 2021
Peer-review started: January 15, 2021
First decision: January 24, 2021
Revised: January 29, 2021
Accepted: March 23, 2021
Article in press: March 23, 2021
Published online: June 6, 2021
Processing time: 118 Days and 12.6 Hours
Peer-review started: January 15, 2021
First decision: January 24, 2021
Revised: January 29, 2021
Accepted: March 23, 2021
Article in press: March 23, 2021
Published online: June 6, 2021
Processing time: 118 Days and 12.6 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Atherosclerosis represents the main cause of acute myocardial infarction (MI), but less frequent causes should be evaluated in young individuals not at risk of such cardiac events. Aggressive chemotherapy for testicular seminoma increases vascular toxicity that may induce acute MI, complicating the clinical course of the subject. Under conservative treatment with antiplatelets and anticoagulants, the clinical evolution of subjects is favorable, but with the extant risk of repeating cardiac events on further chemotherapy courses.