Type A aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition with a wide range of clinical
manifestations. Dissection can sometimes mimic an acute myocardial infarction due
to similar presenting symptoms and initial clinical investigations. We report the
case of a 52-year-old male who presented with an inferior ST-segment elevation myocardial
infarction with two drug-eluting stents inserted as a stabilizing intervention prior
to surgical repair of an acute aortic dissection.
Keywords
aortic dissection - myocardial infarction - percutaneous coronary intervention