title: Two-vessel coronary artery dissection in the peripartum period. Case report and literature review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Medical College of Ohio, Toledo.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Madu
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Kosinski
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Burket
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Fraker
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ansel
mesh_terms: 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