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An athletic 30-something woman with acute substernal chest pressure

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

This is diagnostic of myocardial infarction. 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.

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