Population
40 patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), 95% women, mean age 45±10 years.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
median 16-month
Key result
In a cohort of 40 patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection, 8% experienced a recurrent SCAD event over a median 16-month follow-up, with no deaths reported.
Authors
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SCAD recurrence warrants ongoing clinical vigilance; leaves open predictors and prevention strategies pending larger prospective cohorts.
Cohort (n=40)
Patients with SCAD frequently have extracardiac vascular abnormalities like FMD and a high incidence of migraine, with an 8% recurrence rate over 16 months.
McGrath‐Cadell et al. (2016) conducted a cohort in Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) (n=40). In a cohort of 40 patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection, 8% experienced a recurrent SCAD event over a median 16-month follow-up, with no deaths reported.