<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare disease, occurring most often in young women, around 40 years of age. Usually there is the presence of several predisposing factors. Diagnosis is made using coronary angiography, optical coherence tomography (OCT) or autopsy. Optical coherence tomography allows a precise diagnosis to be made, identifying as it can, a coronary artery intramural haematoma prior to the occurrence of a dissecting lesion. The case of a 52-year-old woman with SCAD of unknown etiology is reported.</p></abstract>

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare disease, occurring most often in young women, around 40 years of age. Usually there is the presence of several predisposing factors. Diagnosis is made using coronary angiography, optical coherence tomography (OCT) or autopsy. Optical coherence tomography allows a precise diagnosis to be made, identifying as it can, a coronary artery intramural haematoma prior to the occurrence of a dissecting lesion. The case of a 52-year-old woman with SCAD of unknown etiology is reported.

How To Treat Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

The 1<sup>st</sup> Department of Internal Medicine-Cardioangiology, St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic International Clinical Research Center Brno (ICRC Brno) St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

University Pekarska 53, 656 91 Brno, Czech Republic

Journal of Cardiovascular Emergencies

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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare disease, occurring most often in young women, around 40 years of age. Usually there is the presence of...

How To Treat Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

Pubblicato online: 03 giu 2016

Pagine: 27 - 31

Ricevuto: 30 lug 2015

Accettato: 15 nov 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jce-2016-0005

Parole chiave
coronary artery dissection, young women, coronary angiography, optical coherence tomography

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

How To Treat Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

Pubblicato online: 03 giu 2016

Pagine: 27 - 31

Ricevuto: 30 lug 2015

Accettato: 15 nov 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jce-2016-0005

Parole chiavecoronary artery dissection, young women, coronary angiography, optical coherence tomography

© 2016

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
coronary artery dissection, young women, coronary angiography, optical coherence tomography