Catamenial chest pain and spontaneous coronary artery dissection: A case report

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of myocardial infarction, presenting mostly in healthy, young women. The pathogenesis is still poorly understood. A 45-year-old woman presented with an ST-elevation myocardial infarction, caused by SCAD of the mid left anterior descending...

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Autores principales: Al Fatly, Zainab, Beckers, Famke L.M., Sjauw, Krischan D., Roeters van Lennep, Jeanine E., Schreuder, Michelle M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7533354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33033690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2020.e00256
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Sumario:Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of myocardial infarction, presenting mostly in healthy, young women. The pathogenesis is still poorly understood. A 45-year-old woman presented with an ST-elevation myocardial infarction, caused by SCAD of the mid left anterior descending coronary artery. In the six years prior to this event, she frequently experienced chest pain coinciding with her menstruation.

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