Spontaneous left anterior descending coronary artery dissection. Case report presentation and review of the relevant literature.
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare incident occurring usually in young patients, predominantly in females. It is usually fatal and found postmortem. We present the case of a middle aged man with spontaneous left anterior descending coronary artery dissection found angiographically which caused an anterior wall myocardial infarction. We also briefly review the relevant literature.
Kouvaras
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Department of Cardiology, State Hospital of Piraeus, St. Panteleimon, Greece.
Tsamis
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Polydorou
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D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*