Spontaneous Coronary Artery Rupture Causing Acute Cardiac Tamponade and Cardiogenic Shock.

We report the case of a patient presenting cardiac tamponade and cardiogenic shock due to spontaneous rupture of the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery, which was successfully isolated by bilateral ligation. PMID: 31204372 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31204372?dopt=Abstract

Source: International Heart Journal - June 18, 2019 Category: Cardiology Tags: Int Heart J Source Type: research