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De novo recurrent spontaneous coronary artery dissection in nonatherosclerotic elderly woman: A case report.

Jun KozukiShigeyasu Tsuda
Published in: Clinical case reports (2020)
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare disease which causes acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In this case, we show the recurrence of SCAD and pathological findings of an intimal tear that lead to SCAD of the proximal left anterior descending branch which could contribute to the onset of AMI.
Keyphrases
  • acute myocardial infarction
  • coronary artery
  • pulmonary artery
  • percutaneous coronary intervention
  • left ventricular
  • middle aged
  • free survival
  • acute coronary syndrome