RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Occlusive concomitant dissections of the carotid and coronary arteries treated with stent placement
JF Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
JO J NeuroIntervent Surg
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
SP e30
OP e30
DO 10.1136/neurintsurg-2011-010151
VO 4
IS 5
A1 Orion, David
A1 Jahshan, Shady
A1 Siddiqui, Adnan H
YR 2012
UL http://jnis.bmj.com/content/4/5/e30.abstract
AB Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is rare and previously was associated with a high mortality rate. Spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid artery is a cause of ischemic stroke, especially in young patients. Medical therapy allows healing of the carotid dissection in most patients, although endovascular stent placement has been reported for the treatment of selected cases. A case is reported of a patient in their late 30s who presented with a symptomatic occlusive cervical carotid artery dissection and, 7 days later, developed an acute coronary syndrome due to an occlusive dissection of the intermediate artery. Both lesions were treated with stent placement.