title: Spontaneous Left Main Coronary Artery Dissection: An Enigmatic Cause of Acute Coronary Syndrome.
abstract: Coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome with affection of Left Main Coronary artery in such case is rarest of rare in clinical practice.This rare diagnosis is rarely thought of as a cause of STEMI. Routine Thrombolysis in such cases can be a double edged sword by increasing the progression of dissection and can be catastrophic!
authors.affiliation: Intervention Cardiologist.
authors.forename: Deepak Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.affiliation: Intervention Cardiologist.
authors.forename: Shalima
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gautam
authors.affiliation: Director, Catheterization Laboratory, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Goyal
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery