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SUBMITTER: Goh AC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4591893 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Texas Heart Institute journal 20151001 5
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute coronary syndrome. Clinical presentation ranges from chest pain alone to ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction, ventricular fibrillation, and sudden death. The treatment of patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection is challenging because the disease pathophysiology is unclear, optimal treatment is unknown, and short- and long-term prognostic data are minimal. We report the case of a 70-year-old woman who presented wi ...[more]