Diagnosing Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in Women: A Call for Early Coronary Angiography

There is a unique cohort of patients, predominantly women, that experience chest pain or acute coronary syndromes in the absence of significant epicardial coronary artery disease. These individuals present with signs and symptoms consistent with ischemia and undergo a diagnostic evaluation with the objective of identifying atherosclerotic coronary disease as the causal factor. When these studies find no or insignificant (
Source: Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research