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Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2002;10:58-60
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CASE STUDY

Emergency Operation for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in Young Female

Yukitoshi Shirakawa, MD, Goro Matsumiya, MD, Shigeaki Ohtake, MD, Yoshiki Sawa, MD, Koji Kagisaki, MD, Hikaru Matsuda, MD

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery Department of Surgery Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine Osaka, Japan
Yukitoshi Shirakawa, MD Tel: 81 6 6879 3154 Fax: 81 6 6879 3163 email: shira{at}surg1.med.osaka-u.ac.jp Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
Emergency coronary artery bypass grafting using a composite graft of the right internal thoracic artery and the radial artery was successfully performed for impending myocardial infarction secondary to spontaneous dissection of the right coronary artery in a 46-year-old woman. As spontaneous coronary artery dissection frequently presents as myocardial infarction or sudden death, timely diagnosis and intervention are required.




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