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.

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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
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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-690ca245cfa64604b5328b6f65741afb2022-12-22T02:40:44ZengElsevierIHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports2468-600X2017-01-01112123Rare case of inferior myocardial infarction from left main coronary artery spontaneous coronary artery dissectionGiorgio A. Medranda0Kevin Marzo1Winthrop University Hospital, Department of Medicine, United States; Corresponding author at: Winthrop University Hospital, 120 Mineola Boulevard, Suite 500, Mineola, NY 11501, United States.Winthrop University Hospital, Division of Cardiology, United StatesThe 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.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X16300093ST elevation myocardial infarctionLeft main coronary arterySpontaneous coronary artery dissection
spellingShingle Giorgio A. Medranda
Kevin Marzo
Rare case of inferior myocardial infarction from left main coronary artery spontaneous coronary artery dissection
IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
ST elevation myocardial infarction
Left main coronary artery
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
title Rare case of inferior myocardial infarction from left main coronary artery spontaneous coronary artery dissection
title_full Rare case of inferior myocardial infarction from left main coronary artery spontaneous coronary artery dissection
title_fullStr Rare case of inferior myocardial infarction from left main coronary artery spontaneous coronary artery dissection
title_full_unstemmed Rare case of inferior myocardial infarction from left main coronary artery spontaneous coronary artery dissection
title_short Rare case of inferior myocardial infarction from left main coronary artery spontaneous coronary artery dissection
title_sort rare case of inferior myocardial infarction from left main coronary artery spontaneous coronary artery dissection
topic ST elevation myocardial infarction
Left main coronary artery
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X16300093
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