Isolated Septal Artery Infarction in a Cocaine User

J Invasive Cardiol. 2021 Nov;33(11):E922.

Abstract

Septal branches arising from the left anterior descending coronary artery supply the anterior interventricular septum in unison. In this unusual presentation of cocaine heart disease, occlusion of a single dominant septal perforator caused a large septal myocardial infarction, resulting in significant left ventricular impairment.

Keywords: cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; cocaine heart disease; coronary angiography.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cocaine* / adverse effects
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Vessels / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Vessels / surgery
  • Heart Septum / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Septum / surgery
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction* / diagnosis
  • Myocardial Infarction* / etiology

Substances

  • Cocaine