We report on a 22- year-old woman with postpartum dissection of the left anterior descending artery and the intermediate branch. The patient was treated with acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), clopidogrel, and betablocker only. Coronary angiography performed 20 months later revealed complete resolution of the dissection sites. The patient's cardiovascular risk factors included mild smoking and high to...

Pathway analysis has lead to a new era in genomic research by providing further biological process information compared to traditional single gene analysis. Beside the advantage, pathway analysis provides some challenges to the researchers, one of which is the quality of pathway data itself. The pathway data usually defined from biological context free, when it comes to a specific biological co...

Introduction. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is defined as a that has not occurred with atherosclerosis, trauma, or developed iatrogenically. Case outline. A 53-year-old man was admitted to the hospital due chest pain and ischemic electrocardiographical changes. Coronarography performed 85% of stenosis first diagonal branch (D1) registered. During percutaneous intervention (PCI),...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a non-traumatic, non-atherosclerotic layering of the wall due to presence subintimal hematoma or an intimal tear with creation false lumen that compresses true and restricts obstructs flow. Patients SCAD preserved flow are treated conservatively according general recommendations. However, percutaneous intervention should be considered in patients...

Five cases of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) are reported, three in women and two in men (mean age 44 years; range 28-65), all of whom suffered a myocardial infarction. Common risk factors for coronary artery disease were present in the two men; in the female group one patient was taking an oral contraceptive, one was in the postpartum period, and the third was a smoker. Only the...