Title: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: To stent or not to stent? That is the question
Abstract: We read with great interest a recent article published in this Journal in which a case of isolated septal myocardial infarction caused by spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) of left anterior descending artery occurred in a 53-year old male [ [1] Chasseriaud W. Tearney G.J. Montaudon M. Fialon B. Coste P. Gerbaud E. Isolated septal myocardial infarction due to spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Int. J. Cardiol. 2016; 212: 259-261 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (3) Google Scholar ]. Although patient's characteristics are not typical for SCAD, as well as authors underlined, SCAD clinical and angiographic suspicion suggested intravascular imaging use according our recent point system published in this Journal [ 2 Buccheri D. Piraino D. Cortese B. Intravascular imaging as a tool for definite diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome caused by spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Int. J. Cardiol. 2016; 214: 43-45 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (12) Google Scholar , 3 Buccheri D. Piraino D. Latini R.A. Andolina G. Cortese B. Spontaneous coronary artery dissections: a call for action for an underestimated entity. Int. J. Cardiol. 2016 Jul 1; 214: 333-335 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (16) Google Scholar ].
Publication Year: 2016
Publication Date: 2016-04-21
Language: en
Type: letter
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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