2 Cases of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in Neonates

Sunakshi Bassi, MD, MHS; Addison Gearhart, MD; Stephen P. Sanders, MD; Chrystalle Katte Carreon, MD; Brian Quinn, MD; Christina VanderPluym, MD; Rebecca S. Beroukhim, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jan 2023)

2 Cases of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in Neonates

Sunakshi Bassi, MD, MHS,
Addison Gearhart, MD,
Stephen P. Sanders, MD,
Chrystalle Katte Carreon, MD,
Brian Quinn, MD,
Christina VanderPluym, MD,
Rebecca S. Beroukhim, MD

Affiliations

Sunakshi Bassi, MD, MHS: Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Sunakshi Bassi, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Addison Gearhart, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Stephen P. Sanders, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Cardiac Registry, Departments of Cardiology, Pathology, and Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Chrystalle Katte Carreon, MD: Cardiac Registry, Departments of Cardiology, Pathology, and Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Pathology, Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Brian Quinn, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Christina VanderPluym, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Rebecca S. Beroukhim, MD: Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6
p. 101704

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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in infants is a rare phenomenon. We present 2 neonates with severe ventricular dysfunction due to coronary artery dissection. Neither patient had evidence of extracardiac fibromuscular dysplasia or other comorbidities that would explain the presentation. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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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