title: May emergency hypertension be reason of spontaneous coronary artery dissection?
abstract: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an uncommon clinical condition. It has most often been described in healthy peripartum women with no risk factors for atherosclerosis. We present a patient of a 40 year-old man with emergency hypertension. His coronary angiography revealed dissection of the left anterior descending coronary artery which was treated with angioplasty and stenting. We postulate that emergency hypertension may be a reason of spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
authors.forename: Ersan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tatli
authors.forename: Armagan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Altun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003323:Coronary Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male