Postpartum spontaneous coronary artery dissection: An important clinical link with anticardiolipin antibody

Thomas J. Kiernan; Martin Rochford

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.113

Postpartum spontaneous coronary artery dissection: An important clinical link with anticardiolipin antibody

Thomas J. Kiernan, Martin Rochford

Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN

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Abstract

A 34-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with substernal chest pain, 7 days after a normal vaginal delivery. Acute myocardial infarction was diagnosed based on ECG changes and elevated serum troponin levels. Coronary angiography revealed a spontaneous coronary dissection of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. The patient was managed medically and recovered well clinically with healing of the dissection on repeat angiography 10 days later. Of note the patient had a high titre of anticardiolipin antibody (IgM) detected and this is only the second case described in the literature of an association between spontaneous coronary artery dissection and antiphospholipid antibody syndrome.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E75-E76
Journal	International Journal of Cardiology
Volume	114
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.113
Publication status	Published - 8 Jan 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Anticardiolipin antibody
Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
Postpartum
Primary coronary artery dissection
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection

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Postpartum spontaneous coronary artery dissection: An important clinical link with anticardiolipin antibody

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