SPONTANEOUS CORONARY-ARTERY RUPTURE AND CARDIAC-TAMPONADE IN EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME TYPE-IV

Authors
EVANS RH FRASER AG
Citation
Rh. Evans et Ag. Fraser, SPONTANEOUS CORONARY-ARTERY RUPTURE AND CARDIAC-TAMPONADE IN EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME TYPE-IV, International journal of cardiology, 54(3), 1996, pp. 283-286
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
International journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01675273
Volume
54
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
283 - 286
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-5273(1996)54:3<283:SCRACI>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Spontaneous coronary artery rupture resulted in cardiac tamponade in a man with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (type IV) presenting with acute onset of cardiac chest pain. Electrocardiograms suggested acute myocardial infarction. The haemopericardium was drained and angiography showed a ruptured distal branch of the left circumflex coronary artery. The pat ient remains well.