Multiple spontaneous coronary artery dissections in association with anomalous origin of right coronary and intramural coronary artery dysplasia

Allen P Burke; Robert Kutys; Dennis Fowler; Renu Virmani

doi:10.1016/S1054-8807(03)00151-0

Multiple spontaneous coronary artery dissections in association with anomalous origin of right coronary and intramural coronary artery dysplasia

Cardiovasc Pathol. 2004 May-Jun;13(3):173-5. doi: 10.1016/S1054-8807(03)00151-0.

Authors

Allen P Burke¹, Robert Kutys, Dennis Fowler, Renu Virmani

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, 6825 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20306-6000, USA.

PMID: 15081475
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-8807(03)00151-0

Abstract

We present a case of sudden death due to spontaneous acute coronary artery dissection. In addition, there was a healing spontaneous coronary dissection, intramural coronary artery dysplasia, and an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk. The coincidence of multiple spontaneous coronary dissections, coronary arterial dysplasia, and anomalous origin of the right coronary artery is unique.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aortic Dissection / pathology*
Coronary Aneurysm / pathology*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / pathology
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology*
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / pathology
Female
Humans
Rupture, Spontaneous / etiology*
Rupture, Spontaneous / pathology