Pregnancy-Associated Chest Pain: A Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

Vidhushei Yogeswaran; Satvik Ramakrishna; John S MacGregor; Lucas Zier; Nora Goldschlager

doi:10.1155/2021/4057182

Pregnancy-Associated Chest Pain: A Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

Case Rep Cardiol. 2021 Jan 15:2021:4057182. doi: 10.1155/2021/4057182. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Vidhushei Yogeswaran¹, Satvik Ramakrishna^{1

2}, John S MacGregor^{1

2}, Lucas Zier^{1

2}, Nora Goldschlager^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
² Division of Cardiology, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Abstract

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) is an important cause of myocardial infarction that typically affects women without traditional cardiovascular risk factors. It is the most common cause of myocardial infarction in pregnant and postpartum women. SCAD is often underdiagnosed due to the lack of clinician familiarity, and patients with pregnancy-associated SCAD often have more severe clinical presentations than those without. We present a case of SCAD in a multiparous woman who presented with acute chest pain in the postpartum period.

Publication types

Case Reports