Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: An Unusual Cause of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Young Males

Tanvir Rahman; Reihaneh Moghadam; Morton Rinder

doi:10.7759/cureus.12827

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: An Unusual Cause of ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in Young Males

Cureus. 2021 Jan 20;13(1):e12827. doi: 10.7759/cureus.12827.

Authors

Tanvir Rahman¹, Reihaneh Moghadam², Morton Rinder³

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, St Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, USA.
² Internal Medicine, St. Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, USA.
³ Cardiology, St. Luke's Hospital, Chesterfield, USA.

Abstract

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a non-traumatic, non-iatrogenic, and non-atherosclerotic coronary artery disorder that manifests clinically as an acute coronary syndrome (ACS), arrhythmia, or sudden cardiac death (SCD). It is a rare cause of ACS (1.7-4%) and SCD (0.5%), more commonly in women than men. It is rarely reported in males. We report a case of acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) due to SCAD in a 44-year-old healthy male.

Keywords: acs; fmd; pci; scad.

Publication types

Case Reports