Open AccessIdiopathic coronary artery dissection: A rare in vivo diagnosis
Author(s) -
Ramamurti S.,
Mahrer P. R.,
Magnusson P.,
Bowyer J. V.,
Sasse L.,
Shaperman M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960080109
Subject(s) - medicine , artery dissection , dissection (medical) , coronary artery disease , in vivo , cardiology , artery , radiology , coronary angiography , myocardial infarction , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
A 42‐year‐old white female, who had an acute myocardial infarction, developed post‐infarction 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 angiogrdphy and the fourth such patient reported to achieve and maintain asymptomatic status without operative intervention.