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Non-atherosclerotic acute cardiac syndromes: spontaneous coronary artery dissection and Takotsubo syndrome. Comparison of long-term clinical outcomes

Coronary Artery Disease Journal

Background Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) and Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) constitute two common causes of nonatherosclerotic acute cardiac syndrome particularly frequent in women. Results A total of 289 SCAD and 150 TTS patients were included; 89% were women. In-hospital events (43.3% vs. 7.1%, HR 5.3, vs. 9.6%, HR 4.5,

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Rise of the Lysenkoist Cardiologists

Dr. Anish Koka

MINOCA now encompasses Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD), a rare condition that is known to manifest primarily in women and affects the epicardial coronary artery. Despite padding the MINOCA numbers with SCAD, MINOCA is much rarer than conventional epicardial coronary disease. for epicardial coronary disease, and 1.1 - 11.1