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The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology:
June 2008 - Volume 29 - Issue 2 - p 199–201
doi: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318174f0fa
Case Report

Spontaneous Dissection of the Distal Obtuse Marginal Coronary Artery: A Rare Cause of Sudden Death

Wei, Jia-Perng Jennifer MD, PhD; Kay, Deborah MD; Fishbein, Michael C. MD

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Abstract

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is a rare cause of acute myocardial infarction and sudden death. It typically, but not always, occurs in healthy postpartum women without traditional risk factors for atherosclerosis. Moreover, the site of dissection usually involves the proximal, major coronary arteries: left main coronary artery and/or the left anterior descending artery, and in men, more often the right coronary artery. We report a case of sudden death caused by dissection of the obtuse marginal branch of the left circumflex artery, in a 49-year-old man, a very rare site of fatal coronary dissection.

© 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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