Is it normal to have chest pain after SCAD?
Recurrent chest pain is very common after SCAD. Hospital readmission for chest pain after SCAD is also very common. The cause of these symptoms is not fully understood. It may relate to a period of coronary vascular hyper-reactivity or arise from the healing and remodelling processes which follow SCAD.
What are the signs and symptoms of coronary artery dissection?
Symptoms
- Chest pain.
- A rapid heartbeat or fluttery feeling in the chest.
- Pain in the arms, shoulders or jaw.
- Shortness of breath.
- Sweating.
- Unusual, extreme tiredness.
- Nausea.
- Dizziness.
What is postpartum SCAD?
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an extremely uncommon cause of myocardial infarction, occurring predominantly in women during or after pregnancy. The exact aetiology is unknown. This report describes a 33 year postpartum woman with diagnosed SCAD who tested positive for anticardiolipin antibody.
What is spontaneous coronary dissection?
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) is a tear in an artery wall in your heart that allows blood to build up in the space between the layers of your artery wall. This leads to a reduction or blockage of blood flow to your heart, which causes damage to your heart muscle and affects your heart rhythm.
What causes chest pain?
Chest pain may be caused by angina or a heart attack. Other causes of chest pain can include indigestion, reflux, muscle strain, inflammation in the rib joints near the breastbone, and shingles. If in doubt about the cause of your chest pain, call an ambulance.
Can SCAD cause angina?
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare condition that occurs when there is bleeding or tearing of the innermost layer of the artery wall. SCAD causes chest pain (angina pectoris), heart attack (myocardial infarction), cardiac arrest, and possibly death.
How common is SCAD in pregnancy?
1–3 In contrast to the general population, including young women4 in whom atherosclerotic disease is the main cause of myocardial infarction (MI), SCAD is the most common mechanism of pregnancy-associated MI and has been documented in >40% of cases.
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