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Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Associated With Ascending Aortic Dystrophy: A Tear for Fear.
Canadian Journal of Cardiology 2015 August
A 36-year-old man with a recent history of surgery for an aortic valve ascending aortic aneurysm was admitted for non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging showed a limited necrotic lesion in the anterior wall. Coronary angiography showed no significant stenosis, but a mild distal dynamic tortuosity was seen on the left anterior descending artery. Optical coherence tomography analysis confirmed the absence of any significant atherosclerotic infiltration but revealed the presence of a localized short arterial dissection within the kinked zone. The patient was managed with a conservative medical approach. The subsequent evolution was uneventful.
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