SPONTANEOUS LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY-ARTERY DISSECTION - CASE-REPORT PRESENTATION AND REVIEW OF THE RELEVANT LITERATURE

Authors
KOUVARAS G TSAMIS G POLYDOROU A
Citation
G. Kouvaras et al., SPONTANEOUS LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY-ARTERY DISSECTION - CASE-REPORT PRESENTATION AND REVIEW OF THE RELEVANT LITERATURE, Japanese Heart Journal, 34(5), 1993, pp. 639-642
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Japanese Heart Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00214868
Volume
34
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
639 - 642
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-4868(1993)34:5<639:SLADCD>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare incident occurring us ually in young patients, predominantly in females. It is usually fatal and found postmortem. We present the case of a middle aged man with s pontaneous left anterior descending coronary artery dissection found a ngiographically which caused an anterior wall myocardial infarction. W e also briefly review the relevant literature.