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. 2005 Jan;81(951):68–70. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.018952

Active inflammatory bowel disease and coronary artery dissection

M Srinivas 1, P Basumani 1, R Muthusamy 1, N Wheeldon 1
PMCID: PMC1743172  PMID: 15640436

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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