Key result
Conservative treatment resulted in a favorable evolution in a patient with extensive spontaneous coronary dissection.
Case Report (n=1)
Conservative management can be a safe and effective strategy for stable patients with spontaneous coronary dissection and re-established coronary flow.
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Supports conservative SCAD management in stable cases; leaves open need for prospective trials.
Spontaneous coronary dissection is a rare entity and, therefore, its etiology, pathophysiology, and treatment are not yet established. It affects mainly young women without the classic cardiovascular risk factors, commonly during the pregnancy-childbirth cycle. Several factors influence the treatment strategy, such as clinical presentation, hemodynamic status, topography, number of affected arteries, and distal coronary flow. As in the reported case, in stable patients with well-defined dissections and mainly when the coronary flow has been re-established, one can choose a conservative approach, due to the high incidence of spontaneous resolution and low incidence of long-term adverse events. A dissecção coronária espontânea é uma entidade rara e, por conseguinte, de etiologia, fisiopatologia e tratamento ainda não estabelecidos. Acomete, em geral, mulheres jovens, sem os clássicos fatores de risco cardiovascular, comumente ao longo do ciclo gravídico-puerperal. Vários fatores influenciam na estratégia de tratamento, como quadro clínico, status hemodinâmico, topografia da dissecção, número de artérias afetadas e fluxo coronário distal. Como no caso relatado, em pacientes estáveis, com dissecções bem delimitadas e, sobremodo, quando o fluxo coronário é reestabelecido, pode-se optar por uma abordagem conservadora, em razão da alta incidência de resolução espontânea e da baixa incidência de eventos adversos a longo prazo.
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Oliveira et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Spontaneous coronary dissection (n=1). Conservative treatment was evaluated. Conservative treatment resulted in a favorable evolution in a patient with extensive spontaneous coronary dissection.
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