Acute coronary syndrome with elevation of ST associated with ergotamine abuse

Abstract

There are few case reports of cases of carotid and aortic dissection related to the ergotamine abuse, but the cases that affect the coronary arteries is a very rare coronary. We present a patient of a 48-year-old female with an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction attributable to chronic ergotamine use. The coronary angiography showed dissection of right coronary artery proximal.

Keywords

• ergotamine
• acute coronary syndrome
• myocardial infarction
• dissection