Editorial: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: Left-off clinical phenotype in acute coronary syndrome
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Spontaneous Left Main Coronary Artery Dissection: An Enigmatic Cause of Acute Coronary Syndrome.
Coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome with affection of Left Main Coronary artery in such case is rarest of rare in clinical practice.This rare diagnosis is rarely thought of as a cause of STEMI. Routine Thrombolysis in such cases can be a double edged sword by increasing the progression of dissection and can be catastrophic!
متن کاملSpontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection.
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a non-traumatic and non-iatrogenic separation of the coronary artery wall that is now recognised as an important cause of myocardial infarction, especially in younger women. SCAD can be elusive on coronary angiography and clinician familiarity with non-pathognomonic angiographic SCAD variants and the use of intracoronary imaging will improve diag...
متن کاملSpontaneous coronary artery dissection.
We present a case of a 43-year-old lady who presented with an acute coronary syndrome, but without any cardiac risk factors or previous cardiac symptoms, and who had a spontaneous coronary artery dissection. This was successfully treated with percutaneous coronary intervention. A brief discussion of this clinical entity and literature review is presented.
متن کاملSpontaneous coronary artery dissection causing acute coronary syndrome in a young patient without risk factors
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an unusual cause of acute coronary syndrome. We describe a series of cases that with an early diagnosis and aggressive treatment, which includes percutaneous angioplasty with stent implantation and cardiac surgery, had a good outcome. The objective was to study the demographic characteristics, clinical settings, treatments, and inhospital course of pati...
متن کاملspontaneous coronary artery dissection: a case report
spontaneous coronary artery dissection (scad) is a rare and important cause of acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death. various etiologies are thought to be responsible for this condition, among which underlying atherosclerosis seems to be the most common. scad is predominant in women and is usually diagnosed via coronary artery angiography. therapeutic interventions include medical th...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cardiology Cases
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1878-5409
DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2014.08.005