Author/Authors :
Haraki, Tatsuo Department of Cardiology - Saitama Eastern Cardiovascular Hospital, Koshigaya, Japan , Uemura, Ryota Department of Cardiology - Saitama Eastern Cardiovascular Hospital, Koshigaya, Japan , Masuda, Shin-ichiro Department of Cardiology - Saitama Eastern Cardiovascular Hospital, Koshigaya, Japan , Lee, Takeshi Department of Cardiology - Saitama Eastern Cardiovascular Hospital, Koshigaya, Japan
Abstract :
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare condition that may have a serious outcome because of acute coronary
syndrome. The condition especially affects young women. We evaluated a middle-aged male patient with a non-ST segment
elevation myocardial infarction caused by multivessel SCAD. The SCAD had occurred in the distal right coronary artery (RCA),
the mid left anterior descending artery (LAD), and the distal LAD at the same time. His culprit lesion was in the distal RCA, but
the SCAD had progressed more proximally within the RCA 12 days later with no clinical symptoms. We treated the mid LAD with
implantation of a drug-eluting stent on admission and the SCAD had not progressed 12 days later. Moreover, the SCAD in the distal
RCA and distal LAD healed spontaneously 12 days later. He had no recurrent attack, and all SCAD lesions of the RCA and LAD
had completely healed 6 months later. Given that SCAD appears in various forms over the clinical course, a strategy of intervention
needs careful consideration.