MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AFTER HEAVY LIFTING IN A HEALTHY MAN: DO NOT MISS SPONTANEOUS CORONARY ARTERY DISSECTION!

Authors :: Janani Baskaran
Toufik Mahfood Haddad
Mindy Blodgett
Ahmed Aboeata
Aiza Ahmad
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75:3309
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2020.
Abstract: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an uncommon cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in men. 51-year-old male presented with chest pain after sexual activity. He was diagnosed with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. He reported lifting weights (more than 50 pounds

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Acute coronary syndrome
business.industry
medicine.disease
Chest pain
Weight lifting
Internal medicine
medicine
Cardiology
Myocardial infarction
medicine.symptom
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Scad
Artery dissection
business

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