Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: presentation and management options.

Coronary Artery Disease
Muhammed KermaliAmer Harky

Abstract

Coronary artery dissection is a serious, life-threatening heart condition. It can occur spontaneously or due to traumatic or iatrogenic causes. Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is often misdiagnosed as most patients present with symptoms resembling those of an acute coronary syndrome. Clinical sequelae of SCAD include debilitating morbidities such as myocardial infarction, myocardial ischaemia, sudden cardiac death, ventricular arrhythmias amongst many other myocardial ischaemia associated complications. There are two main methods of managing patients with SCAD; conservative management with medical therapy or revascularisation by percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting.

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