Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: is there a metabolic association?

Abstract

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an uncommon cause of chest pain and acute myocardial infarction, occurring most classically in young women without cardiovascular risk factors. We present a case of a man presenting with chest pain and arrhythmia found to have multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection and hyperhomocysteinemia and we raise the possibility of a potential link between the two conditions.

Keywords: acute coronary syndrome; homocysteine; hyperhomocysteinemia; spontaneous coronary artery dissection; ventricular tachycardia.