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Int J Angiol 2009; 18(3): 151-154
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1278344
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1278344
Case Report
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Percutaneous treatment of spontaneous left main coronary artery dissection extending to the left anterior descending and circumflex arteries possibly triggered by thrombolytic therapy
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Publication Date:
28 April 2011 (online)
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Abstract
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of myocardial infarction and the role of thrombolytic therapy in this setting is not known. A case of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction is presented, with initial positive response to thrombolytic therapy and subsequent marked worsening of ST elevation due to extensive dissection, possibly triggered by thrombolytic therapy, which was successfully treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.