Surgical Treatment of a Postpartal Spontaneous Left Main Coronary Artery Dissection

Abstract

We report on a 34-year-old woman who presented with acute anterolateral myocardial infarction 12 weeks postpartum. Cardiac catheterization documented a left main coronary artery dissection with complete occlusion of the left anterior descending artery. The surgical treatment and the complicated postoperative course are discussed here.

Key words

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection - peripartum

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