Mujer de 54 años con diagnóstico de MINOCA y estrés psicológico: a propósito de un caso / Diagnosis of Minoca and Psychological Stress in a 54-Year-Old Woman. A Case Report

RESUMEN El término MINOCA hace referencia al infarto de miocardio con arterias coronarias no obstruidas. A continuación, se presenta el caso de una mujer de 54 arios en quien diferentes situaciones de estrés psicológico desencadenaron síntomas característicos del infarto agudo de miocardio y posteriormente elevación de troponinas, y cuya coronariografía descartó una afección vascular. En la evaluación por psiquiatría la paciente describía múltiples estresores mentales recientes y grave adversidad en la niñez y adultez temprana. Este caso es importante porque se trata de una mujer que no tiene ningún otro factor de riesgo diferente del estrés agudo y los antecedentes traumáticos vividos desde la infancia, lo que permite asociar el estrés mental con la enfermedad cardiovascular.

ABSTRACT The term MINOCA refers to Myocardial Infarction with Non- Obstructive Coronary Arteries. The case is presented of a 54-year-old woman who, in different psychological stress situa-tions developed characteristic symptoms of an acute myocardial infarction and increased troponins where the coronary angiography ruled out vascular involvement. In the psycho-logical evaluation the patient described recent multiple stress factors and severe problems in childhood and early adulthood. This case is important as it concerns a woman that has no other risk factor except acute stress and a vivid traumatic history since childhood that can associate mental stress with cardiovascular disease.

Diagnosis of MINOCA and psychological stress in a 54-year-old woman. A case report.

The term MINOCA refers to Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Arteries. The case is presented of a 54-year-old woman who, in different psychological stress situations developed characteristic symptoms of an acute myocardial infarction and increased troponins where the coronary angiography ruled out vascular involvement. In the psychological evaluation the patient described recent multiple stress factors and severe problems in childhood and early adulthood. This case is important as it concerns a woman that has no other risk factor except acute stress and a vivid traumatic history since childhood that can associate mental stress with cardiovascular disease.

Psicosis posparto, una urgencia psiquiátrica subdiagnosticada: a propósito de un caso / Postpartum psychosis, an under-diagnosed psychiatric emergency: A case report

La psicosis posparto es una enfermedad poco frecuente que ocurre en una gestante por cada 1.000 luego de dar a luz. El cuadro clínico es amplio y variado, incluyendo problemas de sueño, sintomatología afectiva y psicótica con ideas alrededor del recién nacido, su crianza y su entorno. Dicha condición se ha relacionado con el trastorno afectivo bipolar y se incluye dentro de los especificadores del episodio psicótico breve del DSM-V. A continuación se describe el caso clínico de una mujer de 20 años, atendida en un hospital público de Medellín, Colombia, quien luego de un parto por cesárea presenta sintomatología psicótica con presencia de fase afectiva prodrómica, sin antecedentes de enfermedad mental previa. La psicosis posparto es en general poco diagnosticada, ya que existe limitada conciencia acerca de la misma a pesar de que representa una urgencia psiquiátrica que debe ser abordada. El litio representa la primera línea farmacológica recomendada en la literatura revisada. (AU)

Postpartum psychosis is an uncommon mental disease that occurs in 1 of every 1000 pregnant women after delivery. The clinical spectrum is wide, including sleeping problems, affective and psychotic symptoms associated with delusions related to her newborn and his environment. It has been related to the bipolar affective disorder and it is included as a brief psychotic disorder in the DSM-V for mental diseases. The clinical case of a 20-year old woman is described in a public hospital in Medellín, Colombia, whom after giving cesarean delivery for a complicated pre-eclampsia presents a postpartum hemorrhage and then a postpartum psychosis associated with prodromal symptoms, with no previous history of a mental disease. This entity is poorly diagnosed because there is a lack of awareness about it, and it represents a psychiatric urgency that must be treated accordingly. Lithium is the first line in the treatment that literature reports. (AU)

Diagnosis of Minoca and Psychological Stress in a 54-Year-Old Woman. A Case Report. / Mujer de 54 años con diagnóstico de MINOCA y estrés psicológico: a propósito de un caso.

The term MINOCA refers to Myocardial Infarction with Non- Obstructive Coronary Arteries. The case is presented of a 54-year-old woman who, in different psychological stress situations developed characteristic symptoms of an acute myocardial infarction and increased troponins where the coronary angiography ruled out vascular involvement. In the psychological evaluation the patient described recent multiple stress factors and severe problems in childhood and early adulthood. This case is important as it concerns a woman that has no other risk factor except acute stress and a vivid traumatic history since childhood that can associate mental stress with cardiovascular disease.