title: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
abstract: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare coronary pathology whose precise incidence, etiology, pathogenesis, treatment and evolution have not been clearly established. Sudden death accounts for the majority of presentations. It occurs most commonly in young women in the left anterior descending coronary artery. We report the case of a 48-year-old male with asymptomatic spontaneous dissection in the anterior descending coronary artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vara Manso
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barriales Alvarez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Morís de la Tassa
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000473:pathology*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged