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Angioedema can cause potentially life-threatening airway obstruction. This case report describes an exceedingly rare episode of ticagrelor-induced hypersensitivity reaction, manifesting as angioedema with periorbital and likely respiratory involvement. The heart team should be vigilant for this precarious condition which may require emergent airway management. Desensitization protocols and alternative regimens (e.g., clopidogrel, prasugrel, and addition of an adjunctive anticoagulant) should be considered when there is an absolute indication for antiplatelet therapy.

Cardiac myxomas are the most common benign tumors of the heart. We describe the rare phenomenon of myxomatous embolization, resulting in a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated successfully with surgical excision. The routine early use of both transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography is pivotal in selecting an optimal management strategy for these patients.

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Pregnancy-associated spontaneous coronary artery dissection (PASCAD) accounts for less than 5% of spontaneous coronary artery dissection cases and is comparatively more fulminant or clinically aggressive. Several factors associated with PASCAD include black ethnicity, multiparity, hypertension, advanced maternal age, and age at first childbirth. This atypical case highlights a preeclamptic patient presenting with an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in which multivessel dissection of both the left anterior descending and right coronary arteries were deemed co-culprit lesions for the index event.