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Management and outcomes of spontaneous coronary artery dissection: a systematic review of the literature

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Background Contemporary management of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is still controversial. Results The systematic review included 13 observational studies evaluating 1,801 patients with SCAD. Results The systematic review included 13 observational studies evaluating 1,801 patients with SCAD. Approximately 48.5%

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An athletic 30-something woman with acute substernal chest pressure

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The lesion was stented. 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.

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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. Which is exactly what the numbers show.