title: [Acute myocardial infarction due to an acute aortic dissection].
abstract: Myocardial ischemia secondary to dissection of the ascending aorta remains a relatively rare complication. A 76-year old man with no prior history developed sudden chest pain. The electrocardiogram showed a ST-segment elevation in leads II and III suggesting an inferior wall acute myocardial infarction. Upon arrival, he received anticoagulation and antiplatelet aggregation intravenously and orally respectively. Coronary angiography showed an anomalous origin of the right coronary and extrinsic stenosis by a false lumen. Computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis of type A aortic dissection with an extension to the right coronary. Emergency ascending aorta replacement with Dacron graft and a right coronary artery graft was perfomed. This case illustrates how myocardial infarction can mask an aortic dissection. The initial treatment of a myocardial infarction with anticoagulation and/or oral antiplatelet aggregation should not be modified, even if it increases postoperative bleeding when emergent cardiac surgery is necessary.
authors.affiliation: Services de Chirurgie Cardiaque, C.H.U. Brugmann. constantin.stefanidis@chu-brugmann.be
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stefanidis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sanoussi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Demanet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Castro-Rodriguez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wauthy
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction