Coronary Artery Dissection: A Complication of Cannulation

Recurrent spontaneous coronary artery dissection

“…Spontaneous coronary artery dissection has been reported in association with multiple factors including oral contraceptive use [8], the peripartum period and early puerperium [9], cannulation [10], fibromuscular dysplasia [11], Ehlers‐Danlos syndrome [12], cystic medial necrosis [13], hypertrophic cardiomyopathy [14], cocaine abuse [15], sexual intercourse [16], blunt chest trauma [17], intense physical exercise [18], and hypertension [5]. Typically, it should be considered in the postpartum woman with chest pain, particularly those with multiparity [19].…”