Complete Healing of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Demonstrated by Optical Coherence Tomography in a Young Postpartum Female Presenting With Acute Coronary Syndrome

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2017 May 8;10(9):e89-e90. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.02.014. Epub 2017 Apr 12.

Authors

Periklis Davlouros¹, Ioanna Xanthopoulou², Grigorios Tsigkas², Virginia Mplani², Stefanos Despotopoulos², George Hahalis²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Patras University Hospital, Rion, Patras, Greece. Electronic address: pdav@otenet.gr.
² Department of Cardiology, Patras University Hospital, Rion, Patras, Greece.

PMID: 28412257
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2017.02.014

No abstract available

Keywords: OCT; acute coronary syndrome(s); spontaneous coronary dissection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
Acute Coronary Syndrome / drug therapy
Acute Coronary Syndrome / etiology*
Acute Coronary Syndrome / physiopathology
Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists / therapeutic use
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / drug therapy
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / physiopathology
Female
Humans
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Postpartum Period*
Predictive Value of Tests
Pregnancy
Tomography, Optical Coherence*
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Diseases / complications
Vascular Diseases / congenital*
Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Vascular Diseases / drug therapy
Vascular Diseases / physiopathology

Substances

Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors

Supplementary concepts

Coronary Artery Dissection, Spontaneous