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Greater Baltimore Medical Center

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2022

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Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Chest Pain In A Young Woman, Rebecca Deboer, Usama Nasir, Julian Diaz Fraga Jul 2022

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Chest Pain In A Young Woman, Rebecca Deboer, Usama Nasir, Julian Diaz Fraga

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives

We present two cases of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD). Both examples encourage a broad differential and open mind for chest pain in a young woman. We also highlight a case of SCAD where the patient presented following ventricular fibrillation arrest, a less common though potentially fatal consequence of SCAD.