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Familial spontaneous coronary artery dissection: evidence for genetic susceptibility.
JAMA internal medicine - 1 May 2015
Goel Kashish, Tweet Marysia, Olson Timothy M, Maleszewski Joseph J, Gulati Rajiv, Hayes Sharonne N
Abstract excerpt
IMPORTANCE: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a major cause of acute coronary syndrome in young women, especially among those without traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Prior efforts to study SCAD have been hampered by underrecognition and lack of registry-based studies. Risk factors and pathogenesis remain largely undefined, and inheritability has not been reported. OBSERVATIONS: Using novel...
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