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Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Causing ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a Young Adult: A Case Report

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Marc Denver A. Tiongson, MD; Eric Oliver D. Sison, MD, FPCP, FPCC; Jaime Alfonso Aherrera,  MD, FPCP, DPCC; Justin Joseph Regalado, MD; Dioscoro DC Bayani II, MD; Joerelle Mojica,  MD; Nashiba Daud, MD; John Daniel Ramos, MD 

University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital, Manila

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