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[Multiple spontaneous coronary dissection. Case report and review of the literature]
G Piovaccari1, F Coccolo, G Melandri
1Istituto di Malattie dell'Apparato Cardiovascolare, Università degli Studi, Bologna.
Abstract:
We refer a case of a 57-year-old woman with an acute myocardial infarction of the anterior wall, treated with rt-PA, aspirin and heparin. In the following days, in spite of the therapy, occurred a second acute myocardial infarction of the inferior wall complicated with ventricular fibrillation. Coronary angiography showed multiple coronary dissection involving the left anterior descending and the circumflex coronary arteries. The characteristic feature of this case consists of the multiple coronary dissection responsible for myocardial infarctions, an event seldom reported in the literature.