Clinical Case Reports (Nov 2020)

De novo recurrent spontaneous coronary artery dissection in nonatherosclerotic elderly woman: A case report

  • Jun Kozuki,
  • Shigeyasu Tsuda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3079
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 11
pp. 2227 – 2230

Abstract

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Abstract Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare disease which causes acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In this case, we show the recurrence of SCAD and pathological findings of an intimal tear that lead to SCAD of the proximal left anterior descending branch which could contribute to the onset of AMI.

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