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Postgraduate Medical Journal 2005;81:68-70; doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.018952
© 2005 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine.
Postgraduate Medical Journal 2005;81:68-70
© 2005 Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine

CASE REPORT

Active inflammatory bowel disease and coronary artery dissection

M Srinivas1, P Basumani1, R Muthusamy2, N Wheeldon3

1 Department of Gastroenterology, Rotherham District General Hospital, Rotherham, UK
2 Department of Cardiology, Rotherham District General Hospital, Rotherham, UK
3 South Yorkshire Cardiothoracic Centre, Sheffield, UK

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Dr M Srinivas
Department of Gastroenterology, Rotherham District General Hospital, Moorgate Road, Rotherham S60 2UD, UK; drsrinivasm{at}hotmail.com

The case of a young woman with flare-up of Crohn’s disease, who had an acute myocardial infarction due to the spontaneous dissection of the left anterior descending coronary artery, is reported. The literature on this rare condition is reviewed and a mechanism postulated for spontaneous coronary artery dissection in inflammatory bowel disease.

Abbreviations: AST, aspartate aminotransferase; LAD, left anterior descending

Keywords: coronary artery dissection; myocardial infarction; Crohn’s disease


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