A Case of Spontaneous Multivessel Coronary Artery Dissection

Alexa B Lisevick; Manish Kumar; Asiya Mahmut

doi:10.7759/cureus.34838

A Case of Spontaneous Multivessel Coronary Artery Dissection

Cureus. 2023 Feb 10;15(2):e34838. doi: 10.7759/cureus.34838. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Authors

Alexa B Lisevick¹, Manish Kumar², Asiya Mahmut³

Affiliations

¹ Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.
² Cardiology, Pat and Jim Calhoun Cardiology Center, UConn Health, Farmington, USA.
³ Cardiology, Trinity Health of New England, Hartford, USA.

Abstract

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a non-traumatic separation of the epicardial coronary arterial wall leading to luminal obstruction with subsequent myocardial ischemia and infarction. Herein, we describe an interesting case of acute coronary syndrome due to multivessel SCAD without an underlying susceptibility or trigger, and review the literature for SCAD management.

Keywords: coronary heart disease (chd); myocardial infarction with no obstructive coronary atherosclerosis; non st-elevation acute coronary syndrome; spontaneous coronary artery dissection; younger women.

Publication types

Case Reports