Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a 19-Year-Old Male Athlete

Charissa A Bloom; Gerry S Eichelberger; Noah A Hackney; Patrick D Chang

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102189

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a 19-Year-Old Male Athlete

JACC Case Rep. 2023 Dec 29;29(3):102189. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102189. eCollection 2024 Feb 7.

Authors

Charissa A Bloom¹, Gerry S Eichelberger¹, Noah A Hackney¹, Patrick D Chang¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, Florida, USA.

Abstract

We present a 19-year-old male athlete, without cardiovascular risk factors, with anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction caused by left anterior descending artery spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Symptoms began during a swim practice, and patient endorsed using C4 Ripped (Cellucor), a preworkout supplement to enhance athletic performance. We hypothesize that this was the major contributor to presentation. The patient showed improvement after 4 days.

Keywords: SCAD; acute coronary syndrome; chest pain; coronary angiogram; myocardial infarction; preworkout.

Publication types

Case Reports