A 42-year-old female with acute myocardial infarction was diagnosed with primary dissection of the left anterior descending artery via coronary angiography and maintained asymptomatic status without surgery.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights a rare in vivo diagnosis of idiopathic coronary artery dissection that was successfully managed without operative intervention.
A 42-year-old white female, who had an acute myocardial infarction, developed postinfarction angina and underwent coronary angiography seven weeks after the event. Coronary angiogram demonstrated a primary dissection of the left anterior descending artery. To our knowledge this is the sixth such report of a patient with primary dissection of a coronary artery demonstrated by angiography and the fourth such patient reported to achieve and maintain asymptomatic status without operative intervention.
Ramamurti et al. (1985) conducted a case report in Idiopathic coronary artery dissection (n=1). Coronary angiography was evaluated on Diagnosis of primary dissection of the left anterior descending artery and maintenance of asymptomatic status. A 42-year-old female with acute myocardial infarction was diagnosed with primary dissection of the left anterior descending artery via coronary angiography and maintained asymptomatic status without surgery.