April 2014

A rare disease process with deadly consequences and a therapeutic dilemma – spontaneous coronary artery dissection: A literature review

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare but deadly disease process that continues to have an elusive pathophysiology and treatment strategy. We present a 32 year old patient who suffered from a spontaneous dissection of the left anterior descending artery. Multiple case reviews in the literature were reviewed, but no randomized controlled trials are available to help guide our therapy. A conservative strategy...

Author(s): Sunil Naik, Nicholas Tisdale, Nadir Rehman and Shukri David.