Acute Myocardial Infarction Due to Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection and Plaque Rupture

Myocardial infarction (MI) can be secondary to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (ACAD) and non-atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (NACAD). The common cause of NACAD in young females is spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD). We present a case of SCAD and plaque rupture leading to...

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Autores principales: Riaz, Sana, Vasigh, Mostafa, Mogadam, Emad, Ganesan, Devjani, Chaudhuri, Debanik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7228802/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32426196
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8063
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Sumario:Myocardial infarction (MI) can be secondary to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (ACAD) and non-atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (NACAD). The common cause of NACAD in young females is spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD). We present a case of SCAD and plaque rupture leading to MI.

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