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A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

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This strongly suggests reperfusing RCA ischemia. Troponins, echocardiogram An echocardiogram showed inferobasilar hypokinesis, further supporting a diagnosis of regional ischemia , likely of the area supplied by the RCA. In the absence of these factors it is termed spontaneous coronary artery dissection ( SCAD ).