Transesophageal echo detection of postpartum coronary artery dissection

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2001 Nov;14(11):1132-3. doi: 10.1067/mje.2001.115654.

Abstract

A 40-year-old woman, 1 week postpartum, presented with an acute anterior-septal myocardial infarction, caused by an intrawall hematoma (dissection without intimal flap) in her proximal left anterior descending coronary artery-the diagnosis being initially suggested by transesophageal echo. Discussion of this entity follows.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Dissection / complications
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Coronary Disease / complications
  • Coronary Disease / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular
  • Puerperal Disorders / diagnostic imaging*