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Spontaneous coronary dissection complicating unstable coronary plaque in young women with acute coronary syndrome: Case reports
- Source :
- International Journal of Cardiology. 115:105-107
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2007.
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Abstract
- Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) causing acute myocardial infarction is a rare event. It occurs mostly in young women without traditional risk factors for coronary artery disease, particularly during the peripartum period. We describe two occurrences of SCAD in young women in whom coronary atherosclerosis was also present. In both cases, angiography showed extended coronary dissection on the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), starting from an atheromasic stenosis on the middle LAD segment. Coronary dissection could complicate an unstable atheromasic plaque, especially in young women presenting with acute coronary syndrome.
- Subjects :
- Acute coronary syndrome
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Dissection (medical)
Anterior Descending Coronary Artery
medicine.disease
Surgery
Coronary artery disease
Stenosis
Internal medicine
Angiography
medicine
Cardiology
Myocardial infarction
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Coronary atherosclerosis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01675273
- Volume :
- 115
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Cardiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........0917bc451d17610cdbe765c4e58fa86c