TY - JOUR
T1 - Spontaneous dissection of right coronary artery manifested with acute myocardial infarction
AU - Paraskevaidis, Stelios
AU - Theofilogiannakos, Efstratios K.
AU - Chatzizisis, Yiannis S.
AU - Mantziari, Lilian
AU - Economou, Fotis
AU - Ziakas, Antonios
AU - Hadjimiltiades, Stavros
AU - Styliadis, Ioannis H.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute ischemic coronary events and sudden cardiac death. It usually occurs in young women without traditional risk factors for coronary artery disease during pregnancy or postpartum period. However, it has also been reported in patients with atherosclerotic coronary disease. We present a case of spontaneous right coronary artery dissection in a 48-year male with recent myocardial infarction and previous percutaneous coronary intervention.
AB - Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute ischemic coronary events and sudden cardiac death. It usually occurs in young women without traditional risk factors for coronary artery disease during pregnancy or postpartum period. However, it has also been reported in patients with atherosclerotic coronary disease. We present a case of spontaneous right coronary artery dissection in a 48-year male with recent myocardial infarction and previous percutaneous coronary intervention.
KW - Atherosclerosis
KW - Coronary artery dissection
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U2 - 10.2174/1874192401004010178
DO - 10.2174/1874192401004010178
M3 - Article
C2 - 21127744
AN - SCOPUS:78249253049
SN - 1874-1924
VL - 4
SP - 178
EP - 180
JO - Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal
JF - Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal
ER -