Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

DECEMBER 2, 2023

This has important clinical significance , as many successfully lysed STEMI patient might have minimal segments of dissection/deep plaque fissures. , may be misdiagnosed as post infarct angina. An important therapeutic caution is PCI is contraindicated in SCAD except in critical locations such as left main.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The final diagnosis was spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) starting in the mid LAD and continuing distally where it wraps around the apex. SCAD wasn't on my differential per se , but in retrospect it should have been. Most patients presenting with SCAD report a preceding emotional or physical stressor.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JULY 31, 2018

What is Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD)? I asked Angie Lobo ( [link] ), a third year intermal medicine resident at Abbott Northwestern Hospital (and Minneapolis Heart Institute) and an aspiring cardiologist, to write a couple paragraphs on SCAD. There are no randomized controlled trials for treatment strategies in SCAD.

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