Left coronary artery dissection: an unusual presentation.
Primary dissecting aneurysm of the left main stem coronary artery is a rare cause of coronary arterial occlusion that usually presents as sudden death or myocardial infarction in a young woman. A 32 year old woman with no signs of cardiac disease who died as the result of a right cerebral infarction was found to have coronary dissection and myocardial infarction at necropsy.
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications