title: The first spontaneous coronary artery perforation due to disruption of atherosclerotic plaque.
abstract: Spontaneous coronary artery rupture is rarely seen and most of the reorted cases in the world literature are related to rupture of a coronary artery aneurysm or of a saphenous vein graft. There is no report in the literature of a patient with spontaneous coronary artery perforation due to disruption of coronary atherosclerotic plaque. We can confirm that our patient is the first to be successfully treated with intracoronary grafted stent implantation for spontaneous coronary artery perforation as a result of disruption of atherosclerotic plaque.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Medical Faculty, Atatürk University, 25050 Erzurum, Turkey. ebozkurt@atauni.edu.tr
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: Mustafa Kemal
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.forename: Mahmut
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Acikel
authors.forename: H Yekta
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Gürlertop
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Sebahattin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Atesal
authors.forename: Sule
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karakelleoğlu
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D015607:Stents