Key result
Review details the prevalence, presentation, and management of SCAD as an underrecognized nonatherosclerotic ACS.
Why the study?
SCAD is an underrecognized form of nonatherosclerotic acute coronary syndrome, and gaps remain in how best to approach its diagnosis and management.
This article provides a review of the prevalence, presentation, and management of spontaneous coronary artery dissection, an underrecognized form of nonatherosclerotic acute coronary syndrome.
SCAD warrants consideration in young women with ACS; leaves open optimal management strategies pending prospective data.
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an underrecognized form of nonatherosclerotic acute coronary syndrome, mostly occurring in younger female patients. The knowledge base about the diagnosis and management of SCAD has grown over the past decade, but gaps remain in how best to approach this disease. This article reviews the research on the prevalence, presentation, and management of SCAD.
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Caverley et al. (2023) conducted a review in Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD). This article reviews the research on the prevalence, presentation, and management of spontaneous coronary artery dissection, an underrecognized form of nonatherosclerotic acute coronary syndrome.
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