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J Cardiovasc Thorac Res. 2025;17(4): 291-294.
doi: 10.34172/jcvtr.025.33262
PMID: 41836207
PMCID: PMC12980095
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Case Report

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection and proximal LAD stenosis in a young male with HIV: A case report

Stella-Maria Kyvelou 1 ORCID logo, Konstantinos Kalogeras 1 ORCID logo, Nikolaos Vythoulkas-Biotis 1* ORCID logo, Panteleimon Pantelidis 1 ORCID logo, Georgios Angelos Papamikroulis 1 ORCID logo, Manolis Vavuranakis 1 ORCID logo

1 3rd Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Thoracic Diseases Hospital of Athens “Sotiria”, Athens, Greece
*Corresponding Author: Nikolaos Vythoulkas-Biotis, Email: vbnikos@gmail.com

Abstract

HIV/AIDS patients under antiretroviral therapy have increased cardiovascular risk. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection, an uncommon yet recognized cause of acute coronary syndrome, typically affects middle-aged females, especially during pregnancy. We present a rare case of SCAD and proximal left anterior descending stenosis in a 45-year-old male with HIV.
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