Article
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Insights on Rare Genetic Variation From Genome Sequencing.
Circulation. Genomic and precision medicine - 1 Dec 2020
Carss Keren J, Baranowska Anna A, Armisen Javier, Webb Tom R, Hamby Stephen E, Premawardhana Diluka, Al-Hussaini Abtehale, Wood Alice, Wang Quanli, Deevi Sri V V, Vitsios Dimitrios, Lewis Samuel H, Kotecha Deevia, Bouatia-Naji Nabila, Hesselson Stephanie, Iismaa Siiri E, Tarr Ingrid, McGrath-Cadell Lucy, Muller David W, Dunwoodie Sally L, Fatkin Diane, Graham Robert M, Giannoulatou Eleni, Samani Nilesh J, Petrovski Slavé, Haefliger Carolina, Adlam David
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) occurs when an epicardial coronary artery is narrowed or occluded by an intramural hematoma. SCAD mainly affects women and is associated with pregnancy and systemic arteriopathies, particularly fibromuscular dysplasia. Variants in several genes, such as those causing connective tissue disorders, have been implicated; however, the genetic architecture is...
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