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A Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Complicated by Free Wall Rupture

Abstract

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an unusual and underdiagnosed cause of nonatherosclerotic acute coronary syndrome (ACS). Patients might present in various ways including chest pain, ST-elevation ACS, ventricular arrhythmia, and sudden cardiac death. In a few reports, it manifested initially as cardiac tamponade. The association of SCAD with free wall rupture is extremely rare. We present a unique case of a 70-year-old woman who …

Authors

Alzayer H; Bossard M; Ahsan S; Tsang M; Whitlock R; Sheth T

Journal

Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Vol. 33, No. 12, pp. 1736.e13–1736.e15

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

December 2017

DOI

10.1016/j.cjca.2017.09.021

ISSN

0828-282X