Caring for patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), which differs in important ways from obstructive coronary artery disease, involves a host of medical issues that may linger long ...

The majority of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) cases heal over time when managed with the currently recommended conservative treatment approach, according to a new analysis of patients ...

Most coronary arteries affected by spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) heal spontaneously on repeat angiography, with the vast majority completely healed after 30 days from the SCAD event, ...

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 rate of de novo recurrent spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) may be much lower than previously reported, according to results of a prospective cohort study that followed patients for 3 ...

Patients who suffer from a type of heart attack that affects mainly younger women, called spontaneous coronary artery dissection or SCAD, may benefit most from conservative treatment, letting the body ...

Last week I promised to write about an unusual cause of heart attacks in women. No it’s not leaving the toothpaste uncapped or the empty juice container in the fridge, or even putting the dark clothes ...

“You’re so young to have that scar.” That’s what Naesha Parks often hears when people see the mark on her chest from the open-heart surgery she had at age 35. On hot summer days in her hometown of ...