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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection
Spontaneous (SCAD) is an uncommon but potentially lethal condition in which one of the coronary that supply the heart, spontaneously develops a blood collection, or , within the artery wall due to a tear in the wall. SCAD is one of the dissections that can occur.
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How it's found
- ·ECG, , Intracoronary optical coherence , , CT angiography
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