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Complete Healing of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Demonstrated by Optical Coherence Tomography in a Young Postpartum Female Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndrome

Authors :
Ioanna Xanthopoulou
Stefanos Despotopoulos
Virginia Mplani
George Hahalis
Periklis Davlouros
Grigorios Tsigkas
Source :
JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions. 10:e89-e90
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2017.

Abstract

A 27-year-old primigravida presented with chest pain, ST-segment elevation in electrocardiogram leads I, aVL, and V1 to V6, positive troponin I, and apical hypokinesia with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 45%, 20 days following a cesarean section. The patient was a smoker, with no other

Details

ISSN :
19368798
Volume :
10
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....59529bd64bef9540ef57b2f6f7169c82
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcin.2017.02.014