Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Heavy Clot Burden in a Nonpregnant Woman
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an infrequent cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) caused by a nontraumatic tear in the coronary artery wall. The true incidence is thought to be underestimated owing to its diagnostic difficulty as coronary angiography is insensitive in assessing t...
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| author | Gaspar Del Rio-Pertuz MD Juthipong Benjanuwattra MD Saif El Nawaa MD Ankush Lahoti MD Scott Shurmur MD |
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| description | Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an infrequent cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) caused by a nontraumatic tear in the coronary artery wall. The true incidence is thought to be underestimated owing to its diagnostic difficulty as coronary angiography is insensitive in assessing the arterial wall structure, thereby warranting additional diagnostic modalities such as intravascular ultrasound. We report a case of a young woman who had been taking oral contraceptives, and presented with acute non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction due to SCAD with superimposed thrombosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a3afb78a5624f97b9b70b051bdd3a572022-12-22T00:23:23ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports2324-70962022-06-011010.1177/23247096221104466Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Heavy Clot Burden in a Nonpregnant WomanGaspar Del Rio-Pertuz MD0Juthipong Benjanuwattra MD1Saif El Nawaa MD2Ankush Lahoti MD3Scott Shurmur MD4Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USADivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USADivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USADivision of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, USASpontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an infrequent cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) caused by a nontraumatic tear in the coronary artery wall. The true incidence is thought to be underestimated owing to its diagnostic difficulty as coronary angiography is insensitive in assessing the arterial wall structure, thereby warranting additional diagnostic modalities such as intravascular ultrasound. We report a case of a young woman who had been taking oral contraceptives, and presented with acute non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction due to SCAD with superimposed thrombosis.https://doi.org/10.1177/23247096221104466 |
| spellingShingle | Gaspar Del Rio-Pertuz MD Juthipong Benjanuwattra MD Saif El Nawaa MD Ankush Lahoti MD Scott Shurmur MD Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Heavy Clot Burden in a Nonpregnant Woman Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports |
| title | Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Heavy Clot Burden in a Nonpregnant Woman |
| title_full | Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Heavy Clot Burden in a Nonpregnant Woman |
| title_fullStr | Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Heavy Clot Burden in a Nonpregnant Woman |
| title_full_unstemmed | Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Heavy Clot Burden in a Nonpregnant Woman |
| title_short | Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Heavy Clot Burden in a Nonpregnant Woman |
| title_sort | low dose oral contraceptives and spontaneous coronary artery dissection with heavy clot burden in a nonpregnant woman |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/23247096221104466 |
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