Rare case of inferior myocardial infarction from left main coronary artery spontaneous coronary artery dissection

The natural history and etiology of SCAD remain unclear. This was a young female with chest pain and inferior ST elevations. Cardiac catheterization revealed type 1 angiographic SCAD of the LMCA. This case was unusual in that the injury pattern of inferior posterior MI was from a LMCA SCAD.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Giorgio A. Medranda, Kevin Marzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-01-01
Series:IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X16300093