Surgical treatment of a postpartal spontaneous left main coronary artery dissection.
We report on a 34-year-old woman who presented with acute anterolateral myocardial infarction 12 weeks postpartum. Cardiac catheterization documented a left main coronary artery dissection with complete occlusion of the left anterior descending artery. The surgical treatment and the complicated postoperative course are discussed here.
Gasparovic
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Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Rebro Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. hgasparovic@yahoo.com
Ugljen
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Coric
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Gosev
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Gasparovic
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Jelic
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D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D049590:Postpartum Period