Highlights a rare presentation of spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a young male carrier of the factor V Leiden mutation.
Single case of SCAD with factor V Leiden is hypothesis-generating; leaves open any causal link pending larger studies.
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare but increasingly recognized cause of acute myocardial ischemia in young adults, especially in women. We report a case of spontaneous coronary dissection in a young healthy man who was also a carrier of the factor V Leiden gene mutation.
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