Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Triple Coronary Arteries Dissection in a Patient With Takayasu Vasculitis

Raad Tahtouh; Khaled Al Khodari; Jamila Al Ali Alhasan; Imad Awwad; Abdulrahman Arabi

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101905

Acute Myocardial Infarction Secondary to Triple Coronary Arteries Dissection in a Patient With Takayasu Vasculitis

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Jun 12:18:101905. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101905. eCollection 2023 Jul 19.

Authors

Raad Tahtouh¹, Khaled Al Khodari², Jamila Al Ali Alhasan¹, Imad Awwad³, Abdulrahman Arabi⁴

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
² Cardiology Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
³ Radiology department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
⁴ Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Cardiology Department, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.

Abstract

Synchronous spontaneous triple coronary artery dissection with Takayasu arteritis has not been previously reported in the literature. We describe the case of a young man with acute inferior wall myocardial infarction secondary to triple-vessel coronary artery dissection. Takayasu arteritis was diagnosed upon further investigation. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: Takayasu arteritis; acute coronary syndrome; myocardial infarction; spontaneous coronary artery dissection.

Publication types

Case Reports