Celiac artery dissection from heavy weight lifting.

Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University, Langone Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA. thomas.Riles@nyumc.org

Journal of vascular surgery : official publication, the Society for Vascular Surgery [and] International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter 2011 Jun

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In this case report, we present a 45-year-old man who experienced abdominal pain while bench-pressing heavy weights. A computed tomography angiogram showed a dissection of the celiac artery extending into the hepatic and splenic arteries, with thrombus in the false lumen into the common hepatic artery. With resolution of his symptoms, he was discharged after several days of warfarin and metoprolol therapy. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a dissection of the celiac artery and its branches caused by weight lifting. Copyright © 2011 Society for Vascular Surgery. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Thomas S Riles, Judith C Lin. Celiac artery dissection from heavy weight lifting. Journal of vascular surgery : official publication, the Society for Vascular Surgery [and] International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, North American Chapter. 2011 Jun;53(6):1714-5