Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Heavy Clot Burden in a Nonpregnant Woman
| Title: | Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Heavy Clot Burden in a Nonpregnant Woman |
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| Authors: | Gaspar Del Rio-Pertuz MD, Juthipong Benjanuwattra MD, Saif El Nawaa MD, Ankush Lahoti MD, Scott Shurmur MD |
| Source: | Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, Vol 10 (2022) |
| Publisher Information: | SAGE Publishing, 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Collection: | LCC:Medicine (General) LCC:Pathology |
| Subject Terms: | Medicine (General), R5-920, Pathology, RB1-214 |
| More Details: | Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an infrequent cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) caused by a nontraumatic tear in the coronary artery wall. The true incidence is thought to be underestimated owing to its diagnostic difficulty as coronary angiography is insensitive in assessing the arterial wall structure, thereby warranting additional diagnostic modalities such as intravascular ultrasound. We report a case of a young woman who had been taking oral contraceptives, and presented with acute non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction due to SCAD with superimposed thrombosis. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2324-7096 23247096 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/2324-7096 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/23247096221104466 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/4a3afb78a5624f97b9b70b051bdd3a57 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.4a3afb78a5624f97b9b70b051bdd3a57 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 23247096 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/23247096221104466 |
| Published in: | Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports |
| Language: | English |