title: Spontaneous coronary dissection resulting in acute myocardial infarction: successful treatment with primary angioplasty.
abstract: Spontaneous coronary dissection is an unusual cause of acute myocardial infarction for which the optimal therapy has not been established. We report the case of a 63-year-old man with acute lateral wall myocardial infarction resulting from spontaneous dissection of the major diagonal branch of the left anterior descending artery in whom acute and long-term patency was restored by primary PTCA.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Institute, El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, California 94040, USA.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: St Goar
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*