Case Report
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World J Cardiol. Dec 26, 2014; 6(12): 1290-1292
Published online Dec 26, 2014. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v6.i12.1290
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a cause of myocardial infarction
Aytekin Aksakal, Uğur Arslan, Mehmet Yaman, Mehmet Urumdaş, Ahmet Hakan Ateş
Aytekin Aksakal, Uğur Arslan, Mehmet Yaman, Mehmet Urumdaş, Ahmet Hakan Ateş, Department of Cardiology, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, Samsun 55400, Turkey
Author contributions: Aksakal A and Arslan U designed the case report; Yaman M and Ateş AH performed the coronary angiography and stenting procedures of the patient and searched for the references; Aksakal A, Arslan U and Urumdaş M wrote and revised the paper.
Correspondence to: Uğur Arslan, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Cardiology, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, Samsun 55400, Turkey. ugurarslan5@yahoo.com
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Received: September 19, 2014
Revised: October 15, 2014
Accepted: November 7, 2014
Published online: December 26, 2014
Core Tip

Core tip: In this case report, we discussed a patient who had a rare disease called spontaneous coronary artery dissection simultaneously in two different coronary arteries causing acute myocardial infarction. The presence of muscular bridge and spontaneous coronary artery dissection together at the same site of the left anterior descending artery was another interesting point which made us report this case.