Atherosclerotic Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

Jung-In Choi; Cathevine Yang; Jacqueline Saw

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101732

Atherosclerotic Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Mar 15:10:101732. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.101732.

Authors

Jung-In Choi¹, Cathevine Yang², Jacqueline Saw²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Internal Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
² Division of Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Abstract

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a nontraumatic, noniatrogenic intimal tearing of the coronary artery in patients without atherosclerotic coronary disease. We present 3 unique cases of patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection and atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: acute coronary syndrome; atherosclerosis; dissection.

Publication types

Case Reports