A Novel Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection During Cabergoline Therapy for Prolactinoma

Shinichiro Ikeda, MD; Jeffrey Le, MD; Shivani Verma, MD; Benjamin A. Youdelman, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Sep 2020)

A Novel Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection During Cabergoline Therapy for Prolactinoma

Shinichiro Ikeda, MD,
Jeffrey Le, MD,
Shivani Verma, MD,
Benjamin A. Youdelman, MD

Affiliations

Shinichiro Ikeda, MD: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York; Address for correspondence: Dr. Shinichiro Ikeda, Maimonides Medical Center, 4802 Tenth Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11219.
Jeffrey Le, MD: Department of Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Shivani Verma, MD: Department of Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Benjamin A. Youdelman, MD: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 11
pp. 1684 – 1687

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We present a case of spontaneous coronary artery dissection associated with cabergoline treatment for prolactinoma. A 31-year-old woman with history of hypertension and prolactinoma, treated with cabergoline, presented with chest pain. She had non–ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with double vessel coronary artery dissection and was treated with coronary artery bypass grafting. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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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