Why the study?
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare disease that causes acute myocardial infarction.
This case report highlights the pathological findings of an intimal tear causing recurrent SCAD in a nonatherosclerotic elderly woman.
Alerts clinicians to possible SCAD recurrence in elderly patients; leaves open mechanistic and management questions for prospective study.
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare disease which causes acute myocardial infarction (AMI). In this case, we show the recurrence of SCAD and pathological findings of an intimal tear that lead to SCAD of the proximal left anterior descending branch which could contribute to the onset of AMI.
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