Pregnancy-Associated Spontaneous Coronary Acute Dissection as a Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death—Autopsy Findings and Literature Review: Is COVID-19 Related?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Case 1
2.2. Case 2
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Hogea, T.; Suciu, B.A.; Chinezu, L.; Brinzaniuc, K.; Arbănași, E.M.; Ungureanu, A.; Kaller, R.; Carașca, C.; Arbănași, E.M.; Vunvulea, V.; et al. Pregnancy-Associated Spontaneous Coronary Acute Dissection as a Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death—Autopsy Findings and Literature Review: Is COVID-19 Related? Medicina 2023, 59, 1257. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59071257
Hogea T, Suciu BA, Chinezu L, Brinzaniuc K, Arbănași EM, Ungureanu A, Kaller R, Carașca C, Arbănași EM, Vunvulea V, et al. Pregnancy-Associated Spontaneous Coronary Acute Dissection as a Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death—Autopsy Findings and Literature Review: Is COVID-19 Related? Medicina. 2023; 59(7):1257. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59071257
Chicago/Turabian StyleHogea, Timur, Bogdan Andrei Suciu, Laura Chinezu, Klara Brinzaniuc, Emil Marian Arbănași, Ancuța Ungureanu, Réka Kaller, Cosmin Carașca, Eliza Mihaela Arbănași, Vlad Vunvulea, and et al. 2023. "Pregnancy-Associated Spontaneous Coronary Acute Dissection as a Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death—Autopsy Findings and Literature Review: Is COVID-19 Related?" Medicina 59, no. 7: 1257. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59071257