Vol 19, No 5 (2012)
Case Reports
Published online: 2012-10-06
The role of intravascular ultrasound guidance in the treatment of intramural hematoma probably caused by spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a young woman with acute anterior myocardial infarction
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2012.0098
Cardiol J 2012;19(5):532-535.
Abstract
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is known to be a rare but fatal cause of acute
coronary syndromes. It is more frequent in young women, particularly in the peripartum
period. Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has an important role in the diagnosis and management
of SCAD. Intramural hematoma that occurs between adventitial and media layer of the
vessel wall may occlude the true lumen. IVUS can identify intimal tears, the extension of
intramural hematoma and show the adequate compression of intramural hematoma after
percutaneous coronary intervention. We present a case of intramural hematoma caused by
SCAD in a young woman presenting with acute anterior myocardial infarction, and the role of
IVUS in the diagnosis and management of SCAD. (Cardiol J 2012; 19, 5: 532-535)
Keywords: spontaneous coronary artery dissectionintramural hematomaintravascular ultrasoundacute myocardial infarction