TY - JOUR
T1 - Death from spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a healthy postmenopausal woman
AU - Zagelidou, Helen
AU - Leodari, Roubini
AU - Roupa, Zoi
AU - Maras, Dimitrios
AU - Sapountzi-Krepia, Despina
AU - Terzis, Anastasios
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - Spontaneous dissection of the coronary arteries, in the absence of trauma, is an unusual but well-documented entity that occurs usually in middle-aged women. It is a rare cause of sudden death and myocardial infarction. Coronary eosinophilic arteritis is suggested to result in a predisposition to intimal disruption and dissection. We present the case of the sudden death of a previous healthy, 53-year-old postmenopausal female, while working, in a town of Thessalia in Greece. The cause of death was left anterior descending coronary dissection with histologic findings of eosinophilic arteritis and autoimmune thyroiditis.
AB - Spontaneous dissection of the coronary arteries, in the absence of trauma, is an unusual but well-documented entity that occurs usually in middle-aged women. It is a rare cause of sudden death and myocardial infarction. Coronary eosinophilic arteritis is suggested to result in a predisposition to intimal disruption and dissection. We present the case of the sudden death of a previous healthy, 53-year-old postmenopausal female, while working, in a town of Thessalia in Greece. The cause of death was left anterior descending coronary dissection with histologic findings of eosinophilic arteritis and autoimmune thyroiditis.
KW - Death
KW - Spontaneous coronary dissection
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U2 - 10.1097/01.paf.0000127396.59458.03
DO - 10.1097/01.paf.0000127396.59458.03
M3 - Article
C2 - 15166775
AN - SCOPUS:2542557524
SN - 0195-7910
VL - 25
SP - 176
EP - 177
JO - American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
JF - American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
IS - 2
ER -