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From Atherosclerosis to Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Defining a Clinical and Genetic Risk Spectrum for Myocardial Infarction.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 Jul 2024
Katz Alexander E, Gupte Trisha, Ganesh Santhi K
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has been increasingly recognized as a significant cause of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in young and middle-aged women and arises through mechanisms independent of atherosclerosis. SCAD has a multifactorial etiology that includes environmental, individual, and genetic factors distinct from those typically associated with coronary artery...
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