Idiopathic coronary artery dissection: a rare in vivo diagnosis

A 42-year-old white female, who had an acute myocardial infarction, developed postinfarction angina and underwent coronary angiography seven weeks after the event. Coronary angiogram demonstrated a primary dissection of the left anterior descending artery. To our knowledge this is the sixth such rep...

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Published in:	Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 57
Main Authors:	Ramamurti, S, Mahrer, P R, Magnusson, P, Bowyer, J V, Sasse, L, Shaperman, M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-01-1985
Subjects:	Adult Aneurysm, Dissecting - complications Aneurysm, Dissecting - drug therapy Angiography Cardiac Catheterization Coronary Disease - complications Coronary Disease - diagnostic imaging Coronary Disease - drug therapy Coronary Vessel Anomalies - diagnostic imaging Electrocardiography Female Humans Myocardial Infarction - complications Streptokinase - therapeutic use
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Summary:	A 42-year-old white female, who had an acute myocardial infarction, developed postinfarction angina and underwent coronary angiography seven weeks after the event. Coronary angiogram demonstrated a primary dissection of the left anterior descending artery. To our knowledge this is the sixth such report of a patient with primary dissection of a coronary artery demonstrated by angiography and the fourth such patient reported to achieve and maintain asymptomatic status without operative intervention.
ISSN:	0160-9289
DOI:	10.1002/clc.4960080109