title: The Relationship between Spontaneous Multi-Vessel Coronary Artery Dissection and Celiac Disease.
abstract: Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated enteropathy involving the small intestines. Genetic and environmental risk factors as well as autoimmunity have been linked to its etiology. Studies have shown that coronary artery disease, autoimmune myocarditis, arrhythmias and premature atherosclerosis are more prevalent in individuals with CD compared to individuals without the disease. In this case report a young male patient with CD presented with acute myocardial infarction with spontaneous coronary artery dissections of two vessels. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of spontaneous multi-vessel coronary artery dissection in a patient with CD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nermin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bayar
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Göksel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Çağırcı
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Çağın Mustafa
authors.initials: ÇM
authors.lastname: Üreyen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Görkem
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kuş
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Selçuk
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Küçükseymen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Şakir
authors.initials: Ş
authors.lastname: Arslan
keywords: Celiac disease; Dissection; Homocysteine