| Literature DB >> 25548620 |
Aytekin Aksakal1, Uğur Arslan1, Mehmet Yaman1, Mehmet Urumdaş1, Ahmet Hakan Ateş1.
Abstract
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare disease that is usually seen in young women in left descending coronary artery and result in events like sudden cardiac death and acute myocardial infarction. A 70-year-old man was admitted to the emergency department with chest pain which started 1 h ago during a relative's funeral. The initial electrocardiography demonstrated 2 mm ST-segment depression in leads V1-V3 and the patient underwent emergent coronary angiography. SCAD simultaneously in two different coronary arteries [left anterior descending (LAD) artery and left circumflex (LCx)] artery was detected and SCAD in LCx artery was causing total occlusion which resulted in acute myocardial infarction. Successful stenting was performed thereafter for both lesions. In addition to the existence of SCAD simultaneously in two different coronary arteries, the presence of muscular bridge and SCAD together at the same site of the LAD artery was another interesting point which made us report this case.Entities:
Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery dissection; Myocardial bridge; Myocardial infarction
Year: 2014 PMID: 25548620 PMCID: PMC4278165 DOI: 10.4330/wjc.v6.i12.1290
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Cardiol