Coronary dissection and thrombosis associated with exercise testing three months after successful coronary stenting.
Exercise testing is commonly performed to assess the functional result of coronary revascularization procedures and is usually not associated with any complications. However, this report documents a rare case of coronary dissection and thrombosis, which resulted in an acute myocardial infarction, in a patient who underwent stress testing 3 months following successful coronary stent implantation.
Maraj
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Division of Cardiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19141, USA.
Fraifeld
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M
Owen
A N
AN
Kotler
M N
MN
Yazdanfar
S
S
D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D015607:Stents; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon