Polyarteritis nodosa presenting as acute myocardial infarction with coronary dissection

K H Chu; F J Menapace; J C Blankenship; R Hausch; T Harrington

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199807)44:3<320::aid-ccd16>3.0.co;2-o

Polyarteritis nodosa presenting as acute myocardial infarction with coronary dissection

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1998 Jul;44(3):320-4. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199807)44:3<320::aid-ccd16>3.0.co;2-o.

Authors

K H Chu¹, F J Menapace, J C Blankenship, R Hausch, T Harrington

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, Geisinger Medical Center, Penn State Geisinger Health System, Danville 17822, USA.

PMID: 9676806
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199807)44:3<320::aid-ccd16>3.0.co;2-o

Abstract

Coronary manifestations of polyarteritis nodosa (PAN) are rarely identified pre-mortem. We report a 51-year-old female with PAN causing a coronary dissection and new lesions developing over the next 5 days. PAN should be added to the list of differential diagnoses for spontaneous coronary dissections.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Dissection / etiology
Coronary Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Aneurysm / etiology
Coronary Angiography
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / diagnostic imaging*
Myocardial Infarction / etiology
Polyarteritis Nodosa / complications
Polyarteritis Nodosa / diagnostic imaging*