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Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Patient with Undiagnosed Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Nesheiwat, Zeid Mangi, Muhammad Asif Kosinski, Daniel Santos |
| Copyright Year | 2019 |
| Abstract | Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare and deadly cause of acute myocardial infarction (MI). It remains greatly misdiagnosed and carries a high in-hospital mortality rate. Herein, we report a healthy 38-year-old female who presented to our institution for non-ST segment myocardial infarction, in which subsequent coronary angiogram revealed a type 2 spontaneous coronary artery dissection of the obtuse marginal branch with diffuse single-vessel disease of the circumflex artery. After a thorough evaluation, the patient was found to have underlying Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome that was previously undiagnosed. The patient was medically treated with dual antiplatelet therapy and statin and discharged with strict follow-up. This case is a good example of a rare and life-threatening disease process that was observed in a patient who was found to have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome that was previously unknown. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.7759/cureus.4065 |
| PubMed reference number | 31016092 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://assets.cureus.com/uploads/case_report/pdf/17919/1555349505-20190415-2774-1sohfsk.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://assets.cureus.com/uploads/case_report/pdf/17919/1550166827-20190214-14418-y04dmz.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.4065 |
| Journal | Cureus |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
