Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Presenting As ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.

Authors

Israa Taha
Timothy Daly
Kashyap Shah
Marc K Antoine
Peter Puleo
Jennifer Axelband
Meredith Birsner

Publication/Presentation Date

6-1-2022

Abstract

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a non-traumatic spontaneous separation of a coronary wall that can present as acute myocardial infarction. Pregnant females are already at a considerably higher risk of acute myocardial infarction when compared to non-pregnant women of child-bearing age, and dissection explains the majority of these cases. Here, we present a 36-year-old female at 36-weeks gestation who experienced ventricular fibrillation arrest after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) secondary to spontaneous dissection of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery.

Volume

14

Issue

6

First Page

25722

Last Page

25722

ISSN

2168-8184

Published In/Presented At

Taha, I., Daly, T., Shah, K., Antoine, M. K., Puleo, P., Axelband, J., & Birsner, M. (2022). Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Presenting As ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Cureus, 14(6), e25722. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25722

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

35694365

Department(s)

Fellows and Residents

Document Type

Article