Multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a postpartum woman treated with multiple drug-eluting stents

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2009 Apr;10(4):340-3. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e3283276dee.

Abstract

Multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a very rare cause of myocardial ischemia. Its optimal treatment is not yet well defined and is usually tailored to clinical features. We report a case of a postpartum woman with multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection and acute myocardial infarction, in whom the drug-eluting stenting of the only alleged 'culprit' vessel did not prevent the propagation of dissection from another vessel. Although the recommendations drawn from a single case report are not conclusive, we believe that when there is a multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a setting of acute myocardial infarction, all dissected coronary segments should be treated using stents.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / instrumentation*
  • Aortic Dissection / complications
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / therapy*
  • Coronary Aneurysm / complications
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Drug-Eluting Stents*
  • Electric Countershock
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
  • Postpartum Period*
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / etiology
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / therapy
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / etiology
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy