Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Artery dissection

  1. Non-pregnancy SCAD showed low but significant in-hospital mortality
    Analysis of 4,563 hospitalizations reveals significant sex and racial disparities in treatment patterns and mortality outcomes for non-pregnancy-associated spontaneous coronary artery dissection.
  2. Pregnancy-associated SCAD showed a higher-risk clinical pattern
    Registry study reveals pregnancy-associated spontaneous coronary artery dissection cases have distinct clinical profiles, lower fibromuscular dysplasia rates, and reduced cardiac recovery.
  3. Oral contraceptive use linked to SCAD-related heart attack in a young woman
    Case report documents acute myocardial infarction from spontaneous coronary artery dissection in 32-year-old woman using oral contraceptives, with successful conservative management.