title: Acute myocardial infarction due to spontaneous dissection of the right coronary artery in a young male.
abstract: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute myocardial infarction. We report a case of a 33-year-old male who presented with an acute inferior myocardial infarction. Coronary arteriography performed 3 hours after the episode revealed a dissection involving the middle segment of right coronary artery. Because of a spiral form of dissection and the TIMI 3 flow grade, our patient was treated medically and repeat coronary angiography 6 months later was decided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Laiko Hospital of Athens, Greece. jimpapdoc@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Dimitris P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Moyssakis
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perakis
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Athanasiou
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anagnostopoulou
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Benos
authors.forename: Vassilios E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Votteas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*