Simultaneous spontaneous dissections in three coronary arteries.
A 61-year-old man who sustained separate spontaneous coronary artery dissections involving each of the three epicardial coronary arteries is described. Hyperestrinism related to hepatic cirrhosis may have been important in the pathogenesis of this unusual case.
Black
M D
MD
Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Ontario.
Catzavelos
C
C
Boyd
D
D
Walley
V M
VM
D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D004967:Estrogens / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D004967:Estrogens