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A woman in her 30s with sudden chest pain, nausea, and diaphoresis. Was her cardiology management appropriate?

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Cath report later that afternoon, around 25 hours since arrival: "There was a 70% proximal LAD stenosis secondary to a spontaneous coronary dissection with narrowing of the proximal LAD to at least 50% stenosis. Currently, SCAD is a diagnosis that can only be established emergently in the cath lab with angiography.