title: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection and associated CT coronary angiographic findings: a case report and review.
abstract: We report a case of an acute coronary syndrome in a 21-year-old male with invasive coronary angiography and computed tomography (CT) coronary angiography showing a spontaneous dissection of the left anterior descending artery. To our knowledge the CT coronary angiographic appearance of spontaneous coronary artery dissection has been reported only once before. We describe the role CT coronary angiography may have in the evaluation of coronary dissection as well as potential treatment options.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Royal Hobart Hospital, 48 Liverpool St, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia. nbdwyer@ozemail.com.au
authors.forename: Nathan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Galligan
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed