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Management and outcomes of spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a systematic review of the literature

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

with ST elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI), 3.41% with unstable angina, 0.56% with stable angina, and 0.11% were diagnosed with various types of arrhythmias. The left anterior descending artery (LAD) was the most common culprit lesion in 51% of the patients. Approximately 48.5% There were initially 65.2%

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TMVR after TA-TAVR: a re-redo surgery—case report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

In this case report, the authors describe the successful TMVR as a tertiary cardiac surgery and transapical redo procedure.Case SummaryAn 83-year-old male patient, suffering from dyspnoea and angina, was diagnosed with severe mitral valve regurgitation (MR).

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Abstract 4139995: Scoring System-Based Approach for Identifying Patients With Positive Intracoronary Acetylcholine Provocation Tests: The Original and Modified ABCD Score

Circulation

Background:Although intracoronary acetylcholine (ACh) provocation testing is a guideline-recommended invasive standard for the diagnosis of vasospastic angina (VSA), ACh tests are largely underused in clinical practice globally. Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page A4139995-A4139995, November 12, 2024. Recently, Rinaldi et al.

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An athletic 30-something woman with acute substernal chest pressure

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Next day, t he patient was taken for an angiogram and found to have a reperfused LAD lesion with good flow that appeared to the angiographer as if it was a spontaneous coronary artery dissection. The lesion was stented. It seems that there was some uncertainly about this. Int J Cardiol. 2016;207:341–348. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.01.188.

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Successful pharmaco-mechanical treatment of a subtotally occluded venous bypass graft in a patient presenting with acute coronary syndrome: a case report and review of the current literature on the role of local thrombolysis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is a common and effective treatment for patients with complex coronary artery disease. This case report discusses a 75-year-old male patient who presented with angina and shortness of breath due to thrombus formation in a venous graft 20 years after CABG.