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Manreet Kanwar¹, Nikita Gill

¹Department of Medicine, St. John Hospital and Medical Center, 22101 Moross Road, 2nd Floor VEP, Cardiac Cath Lab, Detroit, MI 48236, USA. manreet.kanwar@stjohn.org

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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is rare, especially in men. This case highlights a 54-year-old methamphetamine user experiencing multivessel dissection, treated successfully with coronary artery bypass grafting.

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Cardiology
Vascular Medicine

Background:

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare condition, typically affecting peripartum women, often involving a single coronary vessel.
While SCAD in men is uncommon, multivessel involvement presents a severe, life-threatening scenario.

Observation:

A 54-year-old male with diabetes, hypertension, and methamphetamine abuse presented with cardiac arrest, ventricular tachycardia, and ECG changes.
Cardiac catheterization revealed spontaneous dissection in the left anterior descending artery, first diagonal branch, and the right coronary artery, alongside atherosclerotic disease.

Findings:

The patient experienced multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection, a presentation rarely reported in association with methamphetamine abuse.
Successful treatment was achieved with a two-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Implications:

This case underscores the potential association between methamphetamine use and severe, multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
Highlights the importance of considering substance abuse in the differential diagnosis of SCAD, particularly in male patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes.