[Multiple spontaneous coronary dissection. Case report and review of the literature].
We refer a case of a 57-year-old woman with an acute myocardial infarction of the anterior wall, treated with rt-PA, aspirin and heparin. In the following days, in spite of the therapy, occurred a second acute myocardial infarction of the inferior wall complicated with ventricular fibrillation. Coronary angiography showed multiple coronary dissection involving the left anterior descending and the circumflex coronary arteries. The characteristic feature of this case consists of the multiple coronary dissection responsible for myocardial infarctions, an event seldom reported in the literature.
Istituto di Malattie dell'Apparato Cardiovascolare, Università degli Studi, Bologna.
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Piovaccari
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Coccolo
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Melandri
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Tartagni
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Marzocchi
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Di Pasquale
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Branzi
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Magnani
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence
Dissezione coronarica spontanea multipla. Descrizione di un caso e revisione della letteratura.