Spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a patient with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: a case report. (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Grover, Peeyush; Fitzgibbons, Timothy
• Is Part Of: Journal of medical case reports. Volume 10:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 3
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Polycystic kidney disease -- Right coronary artery -- Spontaneous coronary artery dissection; Medicine -- Research -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Case studies -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1186/s13256-016-0832-8
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1752-1947

Abstract

Abstract Background Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an uncommon syndrome. Its prevalence among patients with polycystic kidney disease is very rare, with no previously reported involvement of the right posterior descending coronary artery. Case presentation We describe the case of a middle-aged Caucasian woman with polycystic kidney disease who presented with a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction. Cardiac catheterization revealed a dissection of her right posterior descending coronary artery. She was treated with dual antiplatelet therapy and had a favorable outcome. Conclusion We report a rare and interesting case of spontaneous coronary artery dissection of the right posterior descending coronary artery in a patient with polycystic kidney disease. It is important to consider spontaneous coronary artery dissection in the differential diagnosis of patients with polycystic kidney disease who present with an acute coronary syndrome.