Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis
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Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn · Jul 1998
Review Case ReportsPolyarteritis nodosa presenting as acute myocardial infarction with coronary dissection.
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.