Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a 19-Year-Old Male Athlete

Charissa A. Bloom, BS; Gerry S. Eichelberger, MD; Noah A. Hackney, MD; Patrick D. Chang, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2024)

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a 19-Year-Old Male Athlete

Charissa A. Bloom, BS,
Gerry S. Eichelberger, MD,
Noah A. Hackney, MD,
Patrick D. Chang, MD

Affiliations

Charissa A. Bloom, BS: Address for correspondence: Charissa A. Bloom, 560 Channelside Drive, Tampa, Florida 33602, USA.; Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
Gerry S. Eichelberger, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
Noah A. Hackney, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA
Patrick D. Chang, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 3
p. 102189

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We present a 19-year-old male athlete, without cardiovascular risk factors, with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction caused by left anterior descending artery spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Symptoms began during a swim practice, and patient endorsed using C4 Ripped (Cellucor), a preworkout supplement to enhance athletic performance. We hypothesize that this was the major contributor to presentation. The patient showed improvement after 4 days.

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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