title: Celiac artery dissection from heavy weight lifting.
abstract: In this case report, we present a 45-year-old man who experienced abdominal pain while bench-pressing heavy weights. A computed tomography angiogram showed a dissection of the celiac artery extending into the hepatic and splenic arteries, with thrombus in the false lumen into the common hepatic artery. With resolution of his symptoms, he was discharged after several days of warfarin and metoprolol therapy. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a dissection of the celiac artery and its branches caused by weight lifting.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA. thomas.Riles@nyumc.org
authors.forename: Thomas S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Riles
authors.forename: Judith C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D002445:Celiac Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014891:Weight Lifting
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D014859:Warfarin; D008790:Metoprolol