A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
OCTOBER 24, 2019
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection Dissection of a coronary artery may occur in the context of atherosclerosis, or be iatrogennic during angiography or angioplasty. In the absence of these factors it is termed spontaneous coronary artery dissection ( SCAD ). A recent study found that SCAD causes almost 20% of STEMI in young women.
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