What are the clinical characteristics, risk factors, and outcomes of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) in a racially and ethnically diverse community-based cohort?
In a diverse community cohort, pregnancy and hyperlipidemia were identified as key risk factors for SCAD, which carried an 8.1% MACE rate that was not influenced by race.
The study cohort is comparable to published SCAD cohorts, but notable for a racially and ethnically diverse population. Compared with the controls, only pregnancy and hyperlipidemia were associated with SCAD. For the SCAD cases, major adverse cardiovascular events occurred in 8.1%, and race did not influence outcomes.
Chen et al. (Thu,) studied this question.