Open AccessDual life-threatening pathologies presenting simultaneously
Author(s) -
Peter Mwamure,
Sanjeevan Pasupati,
Michael J. Swarbrick,
Rita Lin,
Raewyn Fisher
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.01.2009.1491
Subject(s) - medicine , primary angioplasty , myocardial infarction , cardiothoracic surgery , lesion , acute coronary syndrome , angioplasty , interventional cardiology , surgery , cardiology , radiology , percutaneous coronary intervention
A 70-year-old male presented to hospital with both anterior ST elevation myocardial infarction and spontaneous oesophageal rupture (Boerhaave's syndrome). He underwent primary angioplasty and stenting for a lesion of the left anterior descending in addition to cardiothoracic surgery for the oesophageal rupture. This combination of pathologies is a rare entity and often difficult to diagnose. To date, only a few cases have been reported.