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An athletic 30-something woman with acute substernal chest pressure

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Now you have ECG and troponin evidence of ischemia, AND ventricular dysrhythmia, which means this is NOT a stable ACS. What is Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)? SCAD occurs in patients with few or non-traditional cardiovascular risk factors. There are no randomized controlled trials for treatment strategies in SCAD.

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