Spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a cause of acute myocardial infraction

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a cause of acute myocardial infraction

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare diagnosis in a postmenopausal woman. We report a case of a 55-year-old postmenopausal woman, who presented with acute myocardial infarction due to spontaneous long dissection of left anterior descending coronary artery, complicated with repetitive ven...

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Main Authors: Lucia Cojocaru, Luminița Matei, Irinel R. Parepa, Andrei C. Rusali, Elvira Craiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Balkan Medical Union 2018-03-01
Series:Archives of the Balkan Medical Union
Subjects:
spontaneous dissection
acute myocardial infarction
coronary artery
Online Access:http://umbalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20.SPONTANEOUS-CORONARY-ARTERY-DISSECTION.pdf
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spelling doaj-ab0c183a2b31418488b33d4b0a79ebe22020-11-24T22:47:23ZengBalkan Medical UnionArchives of the Balkan Medical Union1584-92442558-815X2018-03-01531129134Spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a cause of acute myocardial infractionLucia CojocaruLuminița Matei Irinel R. ParepaAndrei C. RusaliElvira CraiuSpontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare diagnosis in a postmenopausal woman. We report a case of a 55-year-old postmenopausal woman, who presented with acute myocardial infarction due to spontaneous long dissection of left anterior descending coronary artery, complicated with repetitive ventricular tachycardia, rapid formation of left ventricular aneurysm with thrombus, pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock, with subsequent improvement after successful angioplasty and intensive care. We also present a short review of the literature.http://umbalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20.SPONTANEOUS-CORONARY-ARTERY-DISSECTION.pdfspontaneous dissectionacute myocardial infarctioncoronary artery
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author Lucia Cojocaru
Luminița Matei
Irinel R. Parepa
Andrei C. Rusali
Elvira Craiu
spellingShingle Lucia Cojocaru
Luminița Matei
Irinel R. Parepa
Andrei C. Rusali
Elvira Craiu
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a cause of acute myocardial infraction
Archives of the Balkan Medical Union
spontaneous dissection
acute myocardial infarction
coronary artery
author_facet Lucia Cojocaru
Luminița Matei
Irinel R. Parepa
Andrei C. Rusali
Elvira Craiu
author_sort Lucia Cojocaru
title Spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a cause of acute myocardial infraction
title_short Spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a cause of acute myocardial infraction
title_full Spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a cause of acute myocardial infraction
title_fullStr Spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a cause of acute myocardial infraction
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a cause of acute myocardial infraction
title_sort spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a cause of acute myocardial infraction
publisher Balkan Medical Union
series Archives of the Balkan Medical Union
issn 1584-9244
2558-815X
publishDate 2018-03-01
description Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare diagnosis in a postmenopausal woman. We report a case of a 55-year-old postmenopausal woman, who presented with acute myocardial infarction due to spontaneous long dissection of left anterior descending coronary artery, complicated with repetitive ventricular tachycardia, rapid formation of left ventricular aneurysm with thrombus, pulmonary edema and cardiogenic shock, with subsequent improvement after successful angioplasty and intensive care. We also present a short review of the literature.
topic spontaneous dissection
acute myocardial infarction
coronary artery
url http://umbalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/20.SPONTANEOUS-CORONARY-ARTERY-DISSECTION.pdf
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