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Postgrad Med J 2005;81:68-70 doi:10.1136/pgmj.2004.018952
  • Case report

Active inflammatory bowel disease and coronary artery dissection

  1. M Srinivas1,
  2. P Basumani1,
  3. R Muthusamy2,
  4. N Wheeldon3
  1. 1Department of Gastroenterology, Rotherham District General Hospital, Rotherham, UK
  2. 2Department of Cardiology, Rotherham District General Hospital, Rotherham, UK
  3. 3South Yorkshire Cardiothoracic Centre, Sheffield, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr M Srinivas
 Department of Gastroenterology, Rotherham District General Hospital, Moorgate Road, Rotherham S60 2UD, UK; drsrinivasmhotmail.com
  • Received 10 January 2004
  • Accepted 11 April 2004

Abstract

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.

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