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A 30-year-old woman developed spontaneous coronary artery dissection at 10 days of gestation, representing the earliest reported case of pregnancy-associated SCAD.
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This case report highlights that pregnancy-associated spontaneous coronary artery dissection can occur as early as 10 days into pregnancy.
Very early pregnancy SCAD possible; extends known onset window but remains hypothesis-generating.
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an elusive cardiovascular disease that is increasingly recognized. Classically, pregnancy had been perceived as a notable risk factor for SCAD. However, modern studies had revealed that pregnancy-associated SCAD (PASCAD) accounted for fewer cases than previously thought. The majority of PASCAD cases occur in women post-partum. We describe a case of a 30-year-old woman who presented with SCAD while 10 days pregnant, which is the earliest PASCAD case reported in the literature.
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Lee et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) (n=1). Pregnancy was evaluated on Clinical presentation and outcome. A 30-year-old woman developed spontaneous coronary artery dissection at 10 days of gestation, representing the earliest reported case of pregnancy-associated SCAD.
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