Internal medicine

Dissection (medical)

Convalescence

Coronary artery disease

Myocardial infarction

Cardiology

Surgery

Intensive care medicine

Artery

Coronary angiography

Artery dissection

Medicine

Open Heart

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an increasingly recognised cause of acute coronary syndromes, especially in young and middle-age women. Recognising its particularities and differences with atherosclerotic disease is central for appropriately identifying and approaching these patients. The authors review the current state of knowledge on spontaneous coronary artery dissection and provide practical recommendations for the diagnosis and management of this condition, both in the acute and convalescence phases.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: contemporary aspects of diagnosis and patient management