A Novel Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection During Cabergoline Therapy for Prolactinoma

Shinichiro Ikeda; Jeffrey Le; Shivani Verma; Benjamin A Youdelman

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.024

A Novel Case of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection During Cabergoline Therapy for Prolactinoma

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Sep 15;2(11):1684-1687. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.07.024. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Shinichiro Ikeda¹, Jeffrey Le², Shivani Verma², Benjamin A Youdelman¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.
² Department of Cardiology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York.

Abstract

We present a case of spontaneous coronary artery dissection associated with cabergoline treatment for prolactinoma. A 31-year-old woman with history of hypertension and prolactinoma, treated with cabergoline, presented with chest pain. She had non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with double vessel coronary artery dissection and was treated with coronary artery bypass grafting. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).

Keywords: CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CAD, coronary artery disease; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; RCA, right coronary artery; SCAD, spontaneous coronary artery dissection; acute coronary syndrome; coronary angiography; coronary artery bypass.

Publication types

Case Reports