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 ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a nonatherosclerotic, nontraumatic separation of the coronary arterial walls and causes acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death. Image Credit: ...

A coronary artery dissection occurs when there is injury to the intima resulting in its separation from the media creating a false lumen. This can result in hemodynamically significant stenosis and ...

After the birth of her third child, Nadia Lappa, 37, marvelled at how easily she was recovering compared to her previous pregnancies — until she suffered an unusual type of heart attack while visiting ...

For the first time, the American Heart Association (AHA) has issued a scientific statement on spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), which they hope will "spur a change in the paradigm of care ...

Background A 34-year-old postpartum woman presented at hospital with chest pain. She had experienced an uneventful delivery of a healthy infant and had no known coronary risk factors.

New insights into spontaneous coronary artery dissection – a devastating cause of heart attacks in young, healthy patients – were presented today at the EAPCI Summit 2026. The summit is a new event ...

For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic variant associated with a greater risk of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), a common cause of acute MI in young and middle-age ...

ANEURYSMS of the coronary arteries are decidedly uncommon. They comprise congenital, mycoticembolic, syphilitic, polyarteritis-nodosa, arteriosclerotic and dissecting types. Of these, arteriosclerotic ...

For the first time, the study will investigate the optimal antiplatelet therapy for spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), a distinct form of heart attack that primarily affects women. The ...

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).