Two-vessel coronary artery dissection in the peripartum period. Case report and literature review.
The authors report a case of early peripartum myocardial infarction resulting from spontaneous dissection of the left anterior descending coronary artery and right coronary artery in a twenty-four-year-old woman. This is the first report of double-vessel coronary dissection involving both the left and right coronary arteries diagnosed antemortem and successfully treated.
Madu
E C
EC
Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo.
Kosinski
D J
DJ
Wilson
W R
WR
Burket
M W
MW
Fraker
T D
TD
Ansel
G M
GM
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery