Acute myocardial infarction due to spontaneous dissection of the right coronary artery in a young male

Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
Dimitris P PapadopoulosVassilios E Votteas

Abstract

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute myocardial infarction. We report a case of a 33-year-old male who presented with an acute inferior myocardial infarction. Coronary arteriography performed 3 hours after the episode revealed a dissection involving the middle segment of right coronary artery. Because of a spiral form of dissection and the TIMI 3 flow grade, our patient was treated medically and repeat coronary angiography 6 months later was decided.

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