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==Overview==
==Overview==
There are no specific guidelines regarding the optimal management of [[spontaneous coronary artery dissection]]. Based on the [[clinical]] and [[angiographic]] scenario, treatment options include [[conservative medical regimens]] similar to that for [[acute coronary syndrome]], [[percutaneous coronary intervention]], and/or [[coronary artery bypass surgery]]. In the majority of cases, [[SCAD]] may be managed successfully with [[medical treatment]] alone in the absence of ongoing [[myocardial ischemia]] or [[hemodynamic instability]].
There are no specific guidelines regarding the optimal management of [[spontaneous coronary artery dissection]]. Based on the [[clinical]] and [[angiographic]] scenario, treatment options include [[conservative medical regimens]] similar to that for [[acute coronary syndrome]], [[percutaneous coronary intervention]], and/or [[coronary artery bypass surgery]]. In the majority of cases, [[SCAD]] may be managed successfully with [[medical treatment]] alone in the absence of ongoing [[myocardial ischemia]] or [[hemodynamic instability]].
Initial [[conservative]] management typically includes [[antithrombotic therapy]] with [[heparin]], [[aspirin]], [[clopidogrel]] and [[glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors]], and antiischemic therapy with [[beta blockers]] and [[nitrate]]s.  However, the use of [[antithrombotic]] therapy may increase the risk of bleeding in the [[false lumen]] causing an expansion of the [[intramural hematoma]], resulting in a decreased [[flow]] through the [[true lumen]].[[Fibrinolytic]]s should be avoided. [[Calcium channel blocker]]s may offer relief in [[coronary artery spasm]].
Initial [[conservative]] management typically includes [[antithrombotic therapy]] with [[heparin]], [[aspirin]], [[clopidogrel]] and [[glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors]], and [[antiischemic]] therapy with [[beta blockers]] and [[nitrate]]s.  However, the use of [[antithrombotic]] therapy may increase the risk of [[bleeding]] in the [[false lumen]] causing an expansion of the [[intramural hematoma]], resulting in a decreased [[flow]] through the [[true lumen]].[[Fibrinolytic]]s should be avoided. [[Calcium channel blocker]]s may offer relief in [[coronary artery spasm]].


==Medical Therapy==
==Medical Therapy==
*In the majority of cases, [[SCAD]] may be managed successfully with [[medical treatment]] alone in the absence of ongoing [[myocardial ischemia]] or [[hemodynamic instability]].<ref name="pmid25294399">{{cite journal| author=Saw J, Aymong E, Sedlak T, Buller CE, Starovoytov A, Ricci D et al.| title=Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: association with predisposing arteriopathies and precipitating stressors and cardiovascular outcomes. | journal=Circ Cardiovasc Interv | year= 2014 | volume= 7 | issue= 5 | pages= 645-55 | pmid=25294399 | doi=10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.114.001760 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25294399  }} </ref><ref name="pmid22800851">{{cite journal| author=Tweet MS, Hayes SN, Pitta SR, Simari RD, Lerman A, Lennon RJ et al.| title=Clinical features, management, and prognosis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection. | journal=Circulation | year= 2012 | volume= 126 | issue= 5 | pages= 579-88 | pmid=22800851 | doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.105718 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22800851  }} </ref>
*In the majority of cases, [[SCAD]] may be managed successfully with [[medical treatment]] alone in the absence of ongoing [[myocardial ischemia]] or [[hemodynamic instability]].<ref name="pmid25294399">{{cite journal| author=Saw J, Aymong E, Sedlak T, Buller CE, Starovoytov A, Ricci D et al.| title=Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: association with predisposing arteriopathies and precipitating stressors and cardiovascular outcomes. | journal=Circ Cardiovasc Interv | year= 2014 | volume= 7 | issue= 5 | pages= 645-55 | pmid=25294399 | doi=10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.114.001760 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25294399  }} </ref><ref name="pmid22800851">{{cite journal| author=Tweet MS, Hayes SN, Pitta SR, Simari RD, Lerman A, Lennon RJ et al.| title=Clinical features, management, and prognosis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection. | journal=Circulation | year= 2012 | volume= 126 | issue= 5 | pages= 579-88 | pmid=22800851 | doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.105718 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22800851  }} </ref><ref name="HayesKim2018">{{cite journal|last1=Hayes|first1=Sharonne N.|last2=Kim|first2=Esther S.H.|last3=Saw|first3=Jacqueline|last4=Adlam|first4=David|last5=Arslanian-Engoren|first5=Cynthia|last6=Economy|first6=Katherine E.|last7=Ganesh|first7=Santhi K.|last8=Gulati|first8=Rajiv|last9=Lindsay|first9=Mark E.|last10=Mieres|first10=Jennifer H.|last11=Naderi|first11=Sahar|last12=Shah|first12=Svati|last13=Thaler|first13=David E.|last14=Tweet|first14=Marysia S.|last15=Wood|first15=Malissa J.|title=Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Current State of the Science: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association|journal=Circulation|volume=137|issue=19|year=2018|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/CIR.0000000000000564}}</ref>
 
* Initial [[conservative]] management typically includes [[antithrombotic therapy]] with [[heparin]], [[aspirin]], [[clopidogrel]] and [[glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors]], and [[antiischemic]] therapy with [[beta blockers]] and [[nitrate]]s.  
* Initial [[conservative]] management typically includes [[antithrombotic therapy]] with [[heparin]], [[aspirin]], [[clopidogrel]] and [[glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors]], and [[antiischemic]] therapy with [[beta blockers]] and [[nitrate]]s.  
* The use of [[antithrombotic]] therapy may increase the risk of [[bleeding]] in the [[false lumen]] causing an expansion of the [[intramural hematoma]], resulting in a decreased [[flow]] through the [[true lumen]].<ref name="Vrints-2010">{{Cite journal  | last1 = Vrints | first1 = CJ. | title = Spontaneous coronary artery dissection. | journal = Heart | volume = 96 | issue = 10 | pages = 801-8 | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1136/hrt.2008.162073 | PMID = 20448134 }}</ref>
* The use of [[antithrombotic]] therapy may increase the risk of [[bleeding]] in the [[false lumen]] causing an expansion of the [[intramural hematoma]], resulting in a decreased [[flow]] through the [[true lumen]].<ref name="Vrints-2010">{{Cite journal  | last1 = Vrints | first1 = CJ. | title = Spontaneous coronary artery dissection. | journal = Heart | volume = 96 | issue = 10 | pages = 801-8 | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1136/hrt.2008.162073 | PMID = 20448134 }}</ref>
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* [[Beta blockers]] take the most important place in the [[medical]]  management of [[SCAD]] patients by:
* [[Beta blockers]] take the most important place in the [[medical]]  management of [[SCAD]] patients by:
::*Reducing [[vascular]] wall [[shear stress]] likewise in patients with [[aortic dissection]]. <ref name="pmid21810861">{{cite journal| author=Nienaber CA, Powell JT| title=Management of acute aortic syndromes. | journal=Eur Heart J | year= 2012 | volume= 33 | issue= 1 | pages= 26-35b | pmid=21810861 | doi=10.1093/eurheartj/ehr186 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21810861  }} </ref>  
::*Reducing [[vascular]] wall [[shear stress]] likewise in patients with [[aortic dissection]]. <ref name="pmid21810861">{{cite journal| author=Nienaber CA, Powell JT| title=Management of acute aortic syndromes. | journal=Eur Heart J | year= 2012 | volume= 33 | issue= 1 | pages= 26-35b | pmid=21810861 | doi=10.1093/eurheartj/ehr186 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=21810861  }} </ref>  
::*Reducing complications of [[myocardial infarction]]. <ref name="pmid26811316">{{cite journal| author=Mehta LS, Beckie TM, DeVon HA, Grines CL, Krumholz HM, Johnson MN et al.| title=Acute Myocardial Infarction in Women: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. | journal=Circulation | year= 2016 | volume= 133 | issue= 9 | pages= 916-47 | pmid=26811316 | doi=10.1161/CIR.0000000000000351 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26811316  }} </ref> <ref name="pmid25249586">{{cite journal| author=Amsterdam EA, Wenger NK, Brindis RG, Casey DE, Ganiats TG, Holmes DR et al.| title=2014 AHA/ACC guideline for the management of patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. | journal=Circulation | year= 2014 | volume= 130 | issue= 25 | pages= 2354-94 | pmid=25249586 | doi=10.1161/CIR.0000000000000133 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=25249586  }} </ref>
::*Reducing complications of [[myocardial infarction]]. <ref name="pmid26811316">{{cite journal| author=Mehta LS, Beckie TM, DeVon HA, Grines CL, Krumholz HM, Johnson MN et al.| title=Acute Myocardial Infarction in Women: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. | journal=Circulation | year= 2016 | volume= 133 | issue= 9 | pages= 916-47 | pmid=26811316 | doi=10.1161/CIR.0000000000000351 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26811316  }} </ref><ref name="SawHumphries2017">{{cite journal|last1=Saw|first1=Jacqueline|last2=Humphries|first2=Karin|last3=Aymong|first3=Eve|last4=Sedlak|first4=Tara|last5=Prakash|first5=Roshan|last6=Starovoytov|first6=Andrew|last7=Mancini|first7=G.B. John|title=Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection|journal=Journal of the American College of Cardiology|volume=70|issue=9|year=2017|pages=1148–1158|issn=07351097|doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2017.06.053}}</ref>


===[[Antiplatelet]] Therapy===  
===[[Antiplatelet]] Therapy===  
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===[[Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor]] or [[Angiotensin Receptor Blocker]]===
===[[Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor]] or [[Angiotensin Receptor Blocker]]===


* [[Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors]] and [[angiotensin receptor blockers]] are strongly recommended for [[patients]] with [[acute myocardial infarction]] associated with [[heart failure]], impaired [[left ventricular]] [[systolic]] functions or preserved [[left ventricular]] [[systolic]] function. <ref name="pmid28461259">{{cite journal| author=Yancy CW, Jessup M, Bozkurt B, Butler J, Casey DE, Colvin MM et al.| title=2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America. | journal=J Card Fail | year= 2017 | volume= 23 | issue= 8 | pages= 628-651 | pmid=28461259 | doi=10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.04.014 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28461259  }} </ref>  
* [[Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors]] and [[angiotensin receptor blockers]] are recommended for [[patients]] with [[acute myocardial infarction]] complicated with [[heart failure]], impaired [[left ventricular]] [[systolic]] functions or [[hypertension]] state. <ref name="pmid28461259">{{cite journal| author=Yancy CW, Jessup M, Bozkurt B, Butler J, Casey DE, Colvin MM et al.| title=2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America. | journal=J Card Fail | year= 2017 | volume= 23 | issue= 8 | pages= 628-651 | pmid=28461259 | doi=10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.04.014 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=28461259  }} </ref>
*There is no consensus in the literature about the benefits of these agents in patients with [[SCAD]].
* [[ACEI]] or [[ARB]] should be avoided in [[female]] [[patients]] of [[reproductive]] age.
*However, there is an ongoing, randomized controlled study regarding the effects of [[angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors]] and [[statins]] in [[SCAD]] [[patients]] (SAFER-SCAD - NCT02008786)


===Statins===   
===Statins===   
*[[Statin]] therapy is not recommended routinely after [[SCAD]] except in [[patients]] with underlying [[atherosclerosis]] disease or [[diabetes mellitus]].
*[[Statin]] therapy is not recommended routinely after [[SCAD]] except in [[patients]] with underlying [[atherosclerosis]] disease or [[diabetes mellitus]].<ref name="pmid22800851">{{cite journal| author=Tweet MS, Hayes SN, Pitta SR, Simari RD, Lerman A, Lennon RJ et al.| title=Clinical features, management, and prognosis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection. | journal=Circulation | year= 2012 | volume= 126 | issue= 5 | pages= 579-88 | pmid=22800851 | doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.105718 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22800851  }} </ref>
<ref name="pmid22800851">{{cite journal| author=Tweet MS, Hayes SN, Pitta SR, Simari RD, Lerman A, Lennon RJ et al.| title=Clinical features, management, and prognosis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection. | journal=Circulation | year= 2012 | volume= 126 | issue= 5 | pages= 579-88 | pmid=22800851 | doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.105718 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22800851  }} </ref>


===Antianginal Therapy===
===Antianginal Therapy===


Antianginal therapies with [[nitrates]], [[calcium channel blockers]], or [[ranolazine]] may be considered for post-SCAD chest pain syndromes in patients who are not candidates for revascularization or who have evidence suggesting coronary vasospasm or coronary microvascular dysfunction.  While antianginal therapy is effective in relieving ischemic symptoms, the use must be balanced with potential adverse reactions, most commonly symptomatic hypotension and headache. Routine administration of antianginal therapy for either the index SCAD hospitalization or long term is not recommended.<ref name="HayesKim2018">{{cite journal|last1=Hayes|first1=Sharonne N.|last2=Kim|first2=Esther S.H.|last3=Saw|first3=Jacqueline|last4=Adlam|first4=David|last5=Arslanian-Engoren|first5=Cynthia|last6=Economy|first6=Katherine E.|last7=Ganesh|first7=Santhi K.|last8=Gulati|first8=Rajiv|last9=Lindsay|first9=Mark E.|last10=Mieres|first10=Jennifer H.|last11=Naderi|first11=Sahar|last12=Shah|first12=Svati|last13=Thaler|first13=David E.|last14=Tweet|first14=Marysia S.|last15=Wood|first15=Malissa J.|title=Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Current State of the Science: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association|journal=Circulation|year=2018|pages=CIR.0000000000000564|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/CIR.0000000000000564}}</ref>
*[[Antianginal]] therapies with [[nitrates]], [[calcium channel blockers]], or [[ranolazine]] may be considered for post-[[SCAD]] [[chest pain]] syndromes in patients as follows:
::* Not candidates for [[revascularization]]
::* Evidence of [[coronary]] [[vasospasm]] or [[coronary ]] [[microvascular]] dysfunction
* Common adverse effects include symptomatic [[hypotension]] and [[headache]].  
* Routine administration of [[antianginal]] therapy for either the index [[SCAD]] hospitalization or long term is not recommended.<ref name="HayesKim2018">{{cite journal|last1=Hayes|first1=Sharonne N.|last2=Kim|first2=Esther S.H.|last3=Saw|first3=Jacqueline|last4=Adlam|first4=David|last5=Arslanian-Engoren|first5=Cynthia|last6=Economy|first6=Katherine E.|last7=Ganesh|first7=Santhi K.|last8=Gulati|first8=Rajiv|last9=Lindsay|first9=Mark E.|last10=Mieres|first10=Jennifer H.|last11=Naderi|first11=Sahar|last12=Shah|first12=Svati|last13=Thaler|first13=David E.|last14=Tweet|first14=Marysia S.|last15=Wood|first15=Malissa J.|title=Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Current State of the Science: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association|journal=Circulation|year=2018|pages=CIR.0000000000000564|issn=0009-7322|doi=10.1161/CIR.0000000000000564}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

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Synonyms and keywords: SCAD

Overview

There are no specific guidelines regarding the optimal management of spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Based on the clinical and angiographic scenario, treatment options include conservative medical regimens similar to that for acute coronary syndrome, percutaneous coronary intervention, and/or coronary artery bypass surgery. In the majority of cases, SCAD may be managed successfully with medical treatment alone in the absence of ongoing myocardial ischemia or hemodynamic instability. Initial conservative management typically includes antithrombotic therapy with heparin, aspirin, clopidogrel and glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, and antiischemic therapy with beta blockers and nitrates. However, the use of antithrombotic therapy may increase the risk of bleeding in the false lumen causing an expansion of the intramural hematoma, resulting in a decreased flow through the true lumen.Fibrinolytics should be avoided. Calcium channel blockers may offer relief in coronary artery spasm.

Medical Therapy

Beta Blockers

Antiplatelet Therapy

Anticoagulant and Thrombolytic Therapy

Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor or Angiotensin Receptor Blocker

Statins

Antianginal Therapy

  • Common adverse effects include symptomatic hypotension and headache.
  • Routine administration of antianginal therapy for either the index SCAD hospitalization or long term is not recommended.[3]

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Tweet MS, Hayes SN, Pitta SR, Simari RD, Lerman A, Lennon RJ; et al. (2012). "Clinical features, management, and prognosis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection". Circulation. 126 (5): 579–88. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.105718. PMID 22800851.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hayes, Sharonne N.; Kim, Esther S.H.; Saw, Jacqueline; Adlam, David; Arslanian-Engoren, Cynthia; Economy, Katherine E.; Ganesh, Santhi K.; Gulati, Rajiv; Lindsay, Mark E.; Mieres, Jennifer H.; Naderi, Sahar; Shah, Svati; Thaler, David E.; Tweet, Marysia S.; Wood, Malissa J. (2018). "Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Current State of the Science: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association". Circulation. 137 (19). doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000000564. ISSN 0009-7322.
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  13. Yancy CW, Jessup M, Bozkurt B, Butler J, Casey DE, Colvin MM; et al. (2017). "2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Failure Society of America". J Card Fail. 23 (8): 628–651. doi:10.1016/j.cardfail.2017.04.014. PMID 28461259.