Individuals with STEMI caused by a spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) who are treated with intravenous thrombolysis prior to coronary angiography fare no worse in the hospital compared with ...

Most coronary arteries affected by spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) heal spontaneously on repeat angiography, with the vast majority completely healed after 30 days from the SCAD event, ...

Two sisters who had heart attacks just days apart have said more should be done to raise awareness of a condition that can be fatal. Rebecca Lewis, 48, had a spontaneous coronary artery dissection ...

The majority of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) cases heal over time when managed with the currently recommended conservative treatment approach, according to a new analysis of patients ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), a tear of the layers of the artery wall that can block normal blood flow into and around the heart, is a relatively rare and poorly ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of myocardial infarction (MI) representing 35% of acute coronary syndromes in women aged 50 years or younger and is ...

The Case Study by Satoda and colleagues, 1 published in this issue of Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine, reopens the discussion about spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD).

Getting at the natural history of nonatherosclerotic spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), a prospective cohort study found the risk of longer-term recurrent dissections and other ...

Hyderabad: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection or SCAD is stated to be the cause of heart attacks in women but diagnosing this condition is very cumbersome. SCAD is a tear in the wall of the normal ...