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Volume 19, Number 4 • October 2006
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Postpartum multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection confirmed by coronary CT angiography

Catherine Schroder, MD, Robert C. Stoler, MD, George B. Branning, MD, and James W. Choi, MD

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare but potentially life-threatening event associated with the peripartum period. We present a case of postpartum multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection diagnosed by conventional angiography and monitored with computed tomographic coronary angiography. The patient was initially managed medically and later received a coronary stent.