Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Young Woman With Heterozygous Polymorphism for Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase and Prothrombin Gene Mutation
Kenan Demir 1 * , Gökhan Altunbaş 1
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1 Konya Training and Research Hospital, Konya, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Many publications demonstrate a relationship between acute myocardial infarction and genetic mutations. In our case, a 26-yearold young woman was admitted to the hospital with complaints of severe chest pain. She had no risk factors for coronary heart disease but two of her sisters and one of her brothers had suffered sudden cardiac death. DNA samples obtained from peripheral blood were studied by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and showed mutations in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) gene region C677T and heterozygous mutation in prothrombin gene region G20210A.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, Volume 10, Issue Supplement 1, 2013, 66-68

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82312

Publication date: 09 Jan 2013

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