Key result
Psychological stress is linked to spontaneous coronary artery dissection as a frequent trigger of ACS.
Why the study?
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an important cause of ACS, myocardial infarction, and sudden death, especially in young to middle-aged women with few atherosclerotic risk factors.
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Design
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May prompt stress assessment in young women with ACS; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an important cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), myocardial infarction and sudden death, particularly among young to middle-aged women and individuals with few conventional atherosclerotic risk factors.[1 2][1] The most common precipitant is high
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Tanabe et al. (2021) studied this question. Psychological stress is a common precipitant associated with spontaneous coronary artery dissection, a key cause of acute coronary syndrome in young to middle-aged women.
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