Fibrinolysis-treated myocardial infarction in a patient with missed spontaneous coronary artery dissection associated with takotsubo syndrome: case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an under-recognized acute cardiac disease entity. It is often missed, or misdiagnosed as coronary spasm, coronary atherosclerotic lesion, or thrombotic coronary occlusion. During the last years, SCAD also has been reported to be 'misdiagnosed as takotsubo syndrome (TS)' in patients with features consistent with both conditions. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection may present as an acute coronary syndrome and sometimes as sudden cardiac death.

Case summary

We report on the case of a 67-year-old woman who presented with features of ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with fibrinolysis. The patient showed to have obtuse-marginal SCAD, which was misdiagnosed as fibrinolysis caused lysis of a coronary thrombus.

SUBMITTER: Y-Hassan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6426041 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature