| Literature DB >> 18705549 |
Kirti P Patel1, Rodolfo P Sotolongo, Terry W Myrick.
Abstract
Spontaneous coronary artery dissections are an infrequent cause of myocardial infarction and have been reported in late stages of pregnancy and in the puerperium phase. We report a case of a 26-year-old post-partum woman who was diagnosed with a spiral coronary dissection of the left anterior descending artery, with a compromised diagonal branch. She underwent an emergent surgical revascularization without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass. The patient's in-hospital clinical course, prognosis, treatment, and potential etiologies are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18705549 PMCID: PMC4680634
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Extra Corpor Technol ISSN: 0022-1058