Key result
A 35-year-old pregnant female with acute antero-lateral ST elevation secondary to spontaneous coronary artery dissection of the LAD and circumflex artery died following cardiac tamponade.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights the severity of spontaneous coronary artery dissection in pregnant women and the critical need for prompt diagnosis and management.
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Fatal tamponade from peripartum SCAD warrants diagnostic caution; single case leaves optimal strategies open.
D’Ovidio et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) (n=1). A 35-year-old pregnant female with acute antero-lateral ST elevation secondary to spontaneous coronary artery dissection of the LAD and circumflex artery died following cardiac tamponade.
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