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SCAD

"A patient just arrived as a transfer for NSTEMI."

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. Buller, C.

SCAD

SCAD Ischemia Coronary Artery Disease Cardiomyopathy

A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2019

In the absence of these factors it is termed spontaneous coronary artery dissection ( SCAD ). At that time the literature suggested: SCAD was rare , Mostly related to pregnancy , Seen on angiography as a dissection flap , and Managed similarly to MI caused by CAD (ASA, BB, lytics/PCI ). The SCAD cases in Lobo et al. Lobo et al.

Chest Pain

Chest Pain SCAD STEMI Cardiogenic Shock

Cardiovascular Update

"A patient just arrived as a transfer for NSTEMI."

A young peripartum woman with Chest Pain

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