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Prof Jacqueline Saw (Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, CA) discusses findings from the Canadian SCAD Study - Canadian Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection cohort study.
Filmed by Radcliffe Cardiology on-site at ESC 2018, Munich.
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Many profound physiological changes take place in the cardiovascular system during pregnancy to meet the increased metabolic demands of both the mother and foetus. Such changes include an increase in circulating blood volume and cardiac output and decreases in systemic vascular resistance, blood pressure and hypercoagulation.1,2 The increase in circulatory burden during pregnancy and the…
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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) can be defined as the acute development of a false lumen within the coronary artery wall that may lead to flow limitation by compression of the true coronary lumen. This definition of SCAD excludes coronary dissections that are secondary to atherosclerotic disease, produced by the extension of an aortic dissection, iatrogenic or related to a trauma.1…
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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is increasingly recognised as an important cause of myocardial infarction (MI), especially in younger women. It is defined as a non-traumatic and non-iatrogenic separation of the coronary artery wall, which creates a false lumen that may or may not be in continuity with the true lumen. Although conventionally SCAD may be atherosclerotic or non…
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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare and potentially life-threatening condition that can cause rapid deterioration and fatal myocardial infarction. By definition, SCAD implies formation of a false lumen around the true lumen of the artery, which may or may not communicate with the true lumen. By compression of the true lumen, this may cause a blockage of the coronary flow,…
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Cardiovascular diseases represent the leading cause of mortality in pregnancy.1,2 They are classified as direct (acute onset disease) or indirect (worsening of pre-existing cardiac disease). This overview is focused on acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in pregnancy and the post-partum period. ACS in this setting is a rare condition, but in the last two decades its incidence has grown.3 This…
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Pregnancy is a physiologic challenge, with significant hormonal, metabolic, and hemodynamic changes. Cardiac output is objectively increased by the fifth week after the last menstrual period and continues to grow by approximately 45 % by 24 weeks in the normal, singleton pregnancy. This is facilitated by elevations in heart rate and stroke volume and a decrease in systemic vascular resistance…
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