Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD): new insights into this not-so-rare condition

Sharonne N Hayes

doi:10.14503/THIJ-14-4089

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD): new insights into this not-so-rare condition

Tex Heart Inst J. 2014 Jun 1;41(3):295-8. doi: 10.14503/THIJ-14-4089. eCollection 2014 Jun.

Author

Sharonne N Hayes¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome; angioplasty, balloon, coronary; coronary artery dissection, spontaneous/etiology/epidemiology; female; fibromuscular dysplasia; myocardial infarction; rupture, spontaneous; sex factors.

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aortic Dissection* / diagnosis
Aortic Dissection* / epidemiology
Aortic Dissection* / therapy
Coronary Aneurysm* / diagnosis
Coronary Aneurysm* / epidemiology
Coronary Aneurysm* / therapy
Diagnostic Imaging / methods
Female
Humans
Male
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Sex Factors