Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Resulting in Acute Myocardial Infarction With Cardiac Rupture

Takamasa Tanaka, MD; Ling Li, MD; Stephanie A. Dean, MD; Kenji Kawai, MD; Rika Kawakami, MD; Robert Kutys, MS; Thomas Blanchard, PhD; Renu Virmani, MD; Aloke V. Finn, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2024)

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Resulting in Acute Myocardial Infarction With Cardiac Rupture

Takamasa Tanaka, MD,
Ling Li, MD,
Stephanie A. Dean, MD,
Kenji Kawai, MD,
Rika Kawakami, MD,
Robert Kutys, MS,
Thomas Blanchard, PhD,
Renu Virmani, MD,
Aloke V. Finn, MD

Affiliations

Takamasa Tanaka, MD: CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Ling Li, MD: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Stephanie A. Dean, MD: Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Kenji Kawai, MD: CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Rika Kawakami, MD: CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Robert Kutys, MS: CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Thomas Blanchard, PhD: University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Renu Virmani, MD: CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Aloke V. Finn, MD: CVPath Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA; University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Aloke V. Finn, CVPath, Institute, Inc, 19 Firstfield Road, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 3
p. 102196

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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection occurs predominantly in women and is associated with fibromuscular dysplasia. We illustrate a rare case of sudden coronary death as a result of cardiac rupture from spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a 54-year-old man without fibromuscular dysplasia. Cardiac rupture has been previously reported in 6 cases, mostly in women.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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