Spontaneous Coronary-Artery Dissection

Coronary-artery dissections account for less than 1% of acute myocardial infarctions, occur most commonly in women and most often between the ages of 47 and 53 years, may be associated with an underlying disorder such as fibromuscular dysplasia and other noncoronary arterial abnormalities, and are u...

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 383; no. 24; pp. 2358 - 2370
Main Author Kim, Esther S.H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 10.12.2020
Subjects
Aneurysm, Dissecting - complications
Aneurysm, Dissecting - diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, Dissecting - therapy
Aneurysms
Anticoagulants - therapeutic use
Atherosclerosis
Cardiovascular disease
Chest Pain - drug therapy
Chest Pain - etiology
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Vessel Anomalies - complications
Coronary Vessel Anomalies - diagnostic imaging
Coronary Vessel Anomalies - epidemiology
Coronary Vessel Anomalies - therapy
Coronary vessels
Coronary Vessels - diagnostic imaging
Dissection
Dysplasia
Female
Heart attacks
Hematoma
Hormones
Humans
Hypotheses
Inflammatory diseases
Myocardial Infarction - etiology
Myocardial Infarction - therapy
Pathogenesis
Patients
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors - therapeutic use
Quality of Life
Risk factors
Secondary Prevention
Vascular Diseases - complications
Vascular Diseases - congenital
Vascular Diseases - diagnostic imaging
Vascular Diseases - epidemiology
Vascular Diseases - therapy
Womens health
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Summary:Coronary-artery dissections account for less than 1% of acute myocardial infarctions, occur most commonly in women and most often between the ages of 47 and 53 years, may be associated with an underlying disorder such as fibromuscular dysplasia and other noncoronary arterial abnormalities, and are usually treated medically.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMra2001524