title: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a rare diagnosis in a postmenopausal woman.
abstract: We report a case of a 50-year-old ex-smoker, postmenopausal woman presenting with an acute myocardial infarction caused by a spontaneous coronary artery dissection of a long 'wrap-around' left anterior descending coronary artery. After the diagnostic coronary angiography, she was treated medically with subsequent improvement.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Surgery , Alexandria University , Alexandria , Egypt.
authors.forename: Karim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saleb
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine , George Washington University , Washington, DC , USA.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gibreal
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Diseases , George Washington University , Washington, DC , USA.
authors.forename: Gurpreet
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sodhi
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Diseases , George Washington University , Washington, DC , USA.
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Solomon