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