Key points A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of central chest pain and dyspnea. Her medical history included having had a myocardial infarction (MI) with n ...

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognised cause of heart attacks in younger women. Often ...

Invasive epicardial coronary physiologic assessment is increasingly performed to evaluate the hemodynamic significance of ...

Background Hypothyroidism has been suggested as a predisposing and prognostic factor in patients with spontaneous coronary ...

Background: Type A aortic dissection (TAAD) is frequently complicated by concurrent coronary artery disease (CAD). This study aimed to evaluate the impact of concomitant coronary artery bypass ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has emerged over the last decade as an increasingly recognised cause of myocardial infarction, especially among younger women. The advances in our ...

WINDHAM — The acute event, a spontaneous coronary artery dissection, wrought wide changes that reverberated through Tara Benoit’s life. The Windham mom of two young children, ages 10 and 8, went from ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of acute coronary syndrome or sudden cardiac death, primarily affecting relatively young women (median age, 51 years) ...

Patients having Stanford type A acute dissection soon after cardiac surgery have a high risk of rupture and death. The presentation, management, and outcome of primary dissection of the ascending ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is uncommon, but serious. Here’s what to know about this rare and potentially life-threatening heart condition. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection ...

PASADENA, Md. — It was a typical morning for mom of two, Kristina Auwarter. Exercising, taking care of the kids and then it all took a turn. “I started feeling the pain go up into my jaw, down my arm.