Cardiac Arrest from Postpartum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
<p>We present the case of a 32-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with a witnessed cardiac arrest. She was otherwise healthy with no cardiac risk factors and had undergone an uneventful repeated cesarean section 3 days priorly. The patient underwent defibrillation, out of...
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| description | <p>We present the case of a 32-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with a witnessed cardiac arrest. She was otherwise healthy with no cardiac risk factors and had undergone an uneventful repeated cesarean section 3 days priorly. The patient underwent defibrillation, out of ventricular fibrillation to a perfusing sinus rhythm, and was taken to the catheterization laboratory where coronary angiography findings showed spontaneous dissection of the left anterior descending artery. The patient received a total of 6 stents during her hospital stay and was eventually discharged in good condition. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare entity with a predilection for pregnant or postpartum women. Early diagnosis and treatment are key for survival, and when identified early, mortality is good. [West J Emerg Med. 2011;12(4):567–570.]</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cad9c1310bc8466ab0ec5cee4836ebda2022-12-22T01:16:53ZengeScholarship Publishing, University of CaliforniaWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine1936-900X1936-90182011-05-01124567570Cardiac Arrest from Postpartum Spontaneous Coronary Artery DissectionDick KuoNgoc Anh NguyenMalford T Pillow<p>We present the case of a 32-year-old woman who presented to the emergency department with a witnessed cardiac arrest. She was otherwise healthy with no cardiac risk factors and had undergone an uneventful repeated cesarean section 3 days priorly. The patient underwent defibrillation, out of ventricular fibrillation to a perfusing sinus rhythm, and was taken to the catheterization laboratory where coronary angiography findings showed spontaneous dissection of the left anterior descending artery. The patient received a total of 6 stents during her hospital stay and was eventually discharged in good condition. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare entity with a predilection for pregnant or postpartum women. Early diagnosis and treatment are key for survival, and when identified early, mortality is good. [West J Emerg Med. 2011;12(4):567–570.]</p>http://escholarship.org/uc/item/4gz1s8xhspontaneous coronary artery dissectioncardiac arrestpostpartum |
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| title | Cardiac Arrest from Postpartum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection |
| title_full | Cardiac Arrest from Postpartum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection |
| title_fullStr | Cardiac Arrest from Postpartum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cardiac Arrest from Postpartum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection |
| title_short | Cardiac Arrest from Postpartum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection |
| title_sort | cardiac arrest from postpartum spontaneous coronary artery dissection |
| topic | spontaneous coronary artery dissection cardiac arrest postpartum |
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