Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Healthy Male: A Case Report and Literature Review

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare presentation of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and can potentially lead to sudden cardiac death. SCAD is particularly seen in young females and/or patients with relatively few cardiovascular risk factors which further makes it a diagnostic conun...

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Autores principales: Abdelmaseih, Ramy, Hasan, Mustajab, Patel, Jay, Elhag, Alauddin, Patel, Jigar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7205360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32391217
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7568
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author Abdelmaseih, Ramy
Hasan, Mustajab
Patel, Jay
Elhag, Alauddin
Patel, Jigar
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description Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare presentation of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and can potentially lead to sudden cardiac death. SCAD is particularly seen in young females and/or patients with relatively few cardiovascular risk factors which further makes it a diagnostic conundrum. This article aims to highlight the causes, clinical presentation, treatment options, and complications of SCAD in addition to a case report of a young gentleman who was found to have SCAD.
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spelling pubmed-72053602020-05-08 Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Healthy Male: A Case Report and Literature Review Abdelmaseih, Ramy Hasan, Mustajab Patel, Jay Elhag, Alauddin Patel, Jigar Cureus Cardiology Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare presentation of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and can potentially lead to sudden cardiac death. SCAD is particularly seen in young females and/or patients with relatively few cardiovascular risk factors which further makes it a diagnostic conundrum. This article aims to highlight the causes, clinical presentation, treatment options, and complications of SCAD in addition to a case report of a young gentleman who was found to have SCAD. Cureus 2020-04-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7205360/ /pubmed/32391217 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7568 Text en Copyright © 2020, Abdelmaseih et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Healthy Male: A Case Report and Literature Review
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title_fullStr Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Healthy Male: A Case Report and Literature Review
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title_short Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in a Healthy Male: A Case Report and Literature Review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7205360/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7568
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