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. 2016 Dec;62(12):994-996.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: Case report and review of the literature

David Wonnacott¹, Ross Berringer²

Affiliations

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¹ Second-year resident in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. david.wonnacott@dfm.queensu.ca.
² Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa in Ontario.

PMID: 27965334
PMCID: PMC5154649

Review

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: Case report and review of the literature

David Wonnacott et al. Can Fam Physician. 2016 Dec.

. 2016 Dec;62(12):994-996.

Authors

David Wonnacott¹, Ross Berringer²

Affiliations

¹ Second-year resident in the Department of Family Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont. david.wonnacott@dfm.queensu.ca.
² Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa in Ontario.

PMID: 27965334
PMCID: PMC5154649

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Figures

Figure 1. — Figure 1.
The patient’s 12-lead electrocardiogram on admission, showing minimal ST-segment depression in the aVR lead and minimal ST-segment elevation in leads V₂ and V₃

Figure 2. — Figure 2.
Coronary angiography on day 4 of admission showing an isolated, irregularly contoured 70% stenosis of the distal left anterior descending coronary artery without other atherosclerotic changes

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