Spontaneous Dissection of Right Coronary Artery Manifested with Acute Myocardial Infarction
Stelios Paraskevaidis, *
Efstratios K Theofilogiannakos
Yiannis S Chatzizisis
Lilian Mantziari
Fotis Economou
Antonios Ziakas
Stavros Hadjimiltiades
Ioannis H Styliadis
Authors Info & Affiliations
Efstratios K Theofilogiannakos
Yiannis S Chatzizisis
Lilian Mantziari
Fotis Economou
Antonios Ziakas
Stavros Hadjimiltiades
Ioannis H Styliadis
Authors Info & Affiliations
The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal
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03 Sept 2010 •
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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DOI: 10.2174/1874192401004010178
Abstract
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.
Keywords: Coronary artery dissection, atherosclerosis..
