[Spontaneous dissection of the left main coronary artery treated by multiple stent implantation]

Rev Esp Cardiol. 2003 Apr;56(4):417-20. doi: 10.1016/s0300-8932(03)76888-2.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

We report a case of spontaneous dissection of the left main coronary artery in a 32-year-old healthy woman that was unrelated with childbirth or other known risk factors. The clinical presentation was an extensive acute anterior myocardial infarction. She was treated by thrombolysis, but did not meet reperfusion criteria. Coronary angiography revealed dissection of the left main coronary artery that extended into the anterior descending and circumflex coronary arteries. Rescue angioplasty with stenting was performed. The clinical, diagnostic, and therapeutic features of this rare entity are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
  • Aortic Dissection / complications*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery
  • Coronary Aneurysm / complications*
  • Coronary Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Aneurysm / therapy
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Vessels / pathology
  • Coronary Vessels / surgery
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
  • Stents*
  • Thrombolytic Therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome