Low-Dose Oral Contraceptives and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Heavy Clot Burden in a Nonpregnant Woman

• Main Authors: Gaspar Del Rio-Pertuz MD (Author), Juthipong Benjanuwattra MD (Author), Saif El Nawaa MD (Author), Ankush Lahoti MD (Author), Scott Shurmur MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an infrequent cause of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) caused by a nontraumatic tear in the coronary artery wall. The true incidence is thought to be underestimated owing to its diagnostic difficulty as coronary angiography is insensitive in assessing t...