Spontaneous, Postpartum Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiogenic Shock with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Assisted Recovery in a 30-Year-Old Patient

Coronary artery dissection is an infrequent cause of acute coronary syndrome in the general population. There is, however, a greater incidence of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) in young women, especially in the peripartum period. However, the majority of cases have favorable outcomes...

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Main Authors: Kathleen E. Knapp, Ricardo A. Weis, Efrain I. Cubillo, Alyssa B. Chapital, Harish Ramakrishna
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1048708
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author Kathleen E. Knapp
Ricardo A. Weis
Efrain I. Cubillo
Alyssa B. Chapital
Harish Ramakrishna
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description Coronary artery dissection is an infrequent cause of acute coronary syndrome in the general population. There is, however, a greater incidence of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) in young women, especially in the peripartum period. However, the majority of cases have favorable outcomes with medical management or percutaneous coronary intervention; coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and transplantation are utilized in severe cases. This case is a one of a 30-year-old postpartum female with multivessel SCAD requiring CABG with subsequent biventricular failure and inability to wean from bypass. We believe this is the first reported case in which venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) was used in the management of biventricular heart failure in a postpartum patient with SCAD.
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spelling doaj-art-d322c9c05a8549e796e5f06fe8064f0b2025-08-20T03:24:12ZengWileyCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122016-01-01201610.1155/2016/10487081048708Spontaneous, Postpartum Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiogenic Shock with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Assisted Recovery in a 30-Year-Old PatientKathleen E. Knapp0Ricardo A. Weis1Efrain I. Cubillo2Alyssa B. Chapital3Harish Ramakrishna4Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 5777 E. Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USADepartment of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 5777 E. Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USADepartment of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 5777 E. Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USADepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 5777 E. Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USADepartment of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 5777 E. Mayo Boulevard, Phoenix, AZ 85054, USACoronary artery dissection is an infrequent cause of acute coronary syndrome in the general population. There is, however, a greater incidence of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) in young women, especially in the peripartum period. However, the majority of cases have favorable outcomes with medical management or percutaneous coronary intervention; coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and transplantation are utilized in severe cases. This case is a one of a 30-year-old postpartum female with multivessel SCAD requiring CABG with subsequent biventricular failure and inability to wean from bypass. We believe this is the first reported case in which venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) was used in the management of biventricular heart failure in a postpartum patient with SCAD.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1048708
spellingShingle Kathleen E. Knapp
Ricardo A. Weis
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Alyssa B. Chapital
Harish Ramakrishna
Spontaneous, Postpartum Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiogenic Shock with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Assisted Recovery in a 30-Year-Old Patient
Case Reports in Cardiology
title Spontaneous, Postpartum Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiogenic Shock with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Assisted Recovery in a 30-Year-Old Patient
title_full Spontaneous, Postpartum Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiogenic Shock with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Assisted Recovery in a 30-Year-Old Patient
title_fullStr Spontaneous, Postpartum Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiogenic Shock with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Assisted Recovery in a 30-Year-Old Patient
title_full_unstemmed Spontaneous, Postpartum Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiogenic Shock with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Assisted Recovery in a 30-Year-Old Patient
title_short Spontaneous, Postpartum Coronary Artery Dissection and Cardiogenic Shock with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Assisted Recovery in a 30-Year-Old Patient
title_sort spontaneous postpartum coronary artery dissection and cardiogenic shock with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation assisted recovery in a 30 year old patient
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