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This report aims to highlight the occurrence of spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a rare cause of cardiac arrest.

February 1, 1991Angiology

Cardiac Arrest Due to Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Patient with Coronary Ectasia—A Case Report

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This report aims to highlight the occurrence of spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a rare cause of cardiac arrest.
Case report detailing the clinical presentation and diagnosis of a patient.
Angiographic confirmation of spontaneous dissection.
Assessment of coronary artery ectasia.
Spontaneous dissection of the right coronary artery identified as the cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Documented case of cardiac arrest linked to coronary artery ectasia.

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1 patient with coronary artery ectasia presenting with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Highlights a rare case of spontaneous coronary artery dissection causing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in a patient with coronary artery ectasia.

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Consider SCAD in OHCA with ectasia; single case leaves open whether ectasia predisposes to dissection.

Huikuri et al. (1991) studied this question.

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