Spontaneous coronary dissection resulting in acute myocardial infarction: successful treatment with primary angioplasty

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1996 May;38(1):62-6. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199605)38:1<62::AID-CCD13>3.0.CO;2-U.

Abstract

Spontaneous coronary dissection is an unusual cause of acute myocardial infarction for which the optimal therapy has not been established. We report the case of a 63-year-old man with acute lateral wall myocardial infarction resulting from spontaneous dissection of the major diagonal branch of the left anterior descending artery in whom acute and long-term patency was restored by primary PTCA.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*
  • Aortic Dissection / complications
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / therapy*
  • Coronary Aneurysm / complications
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Aneurysm / therapy*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy*