TY - JOUR
T1 - Spontaneous coronary artery dissection, challenges of diagnosis and management
AU - Ahmed, Mohamed A.
AU - Hamra, Mardi
AU - Ali, Mohamed
AU - Abdullah, Abdullah S.
AU - Arnous, Samer
AU - Kiernan, Thomas J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Future Medicine Ltd.
PY - 2017/11
Y1 - 2017/11
N2 - Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of acute coronary syndrome in young patients. No clear factors exist to predict the natural history of the disease and the prognosis of the condition. Furthermore, current management practice of SCAD is based mainly on retrospective data and case series and clear management guidelines are lacking. In this article, we present a series of cases of patients with SCAD and we will discuss the different clinical presentations, the diagnostic approaches and the options of management of this cohort of patients. Our aim is to outline the challenges of diagnosis and management of this interesting and serious pathology.
AB - Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of acute coronary syndrome in young patients. No clear factors exist to predict the natural history of the disease and the prognosis of the condition. Furthermore, current management practice of SCAD is based mainly on retrospective data and case series and clear management guidelines are lacking. In this article, we present a series of cases of patients with SCAD and we will discuss the different clinical presentations, the diagnostic approaches and the options of management of this cohort of patients. Our aim is to outline the challenges of diagnosis and management of this interesting and serious pathology.
KW - acute coronary syndrome
KW - intravascular ultrasound
KW - optical coherence tomography
KW - percutaneous coronary artery intervention
KW - spontaneous coronary artery dissection
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U2 - 10.2217/fca-2017-0050
DO - 10.2217/fca-2017-0050
M3 - Article
C2 - 29064286
AN - SCOPUS:85034984936
SN - 1479-6678
VL - 13
SP - 539
EP - 549
JO - Future Cardiology
JF - Future Cardiology
IS - 6
ER -