Given the patient's age, medical history, and lack of obvious risk factors, there was a substantial possibility that the lesion was either a spiral dissection or a prolonged coronary vasospasm.

In a field often centered around men’s health, one cardiology leader is bringing awareness to an often overlooked pregnancy-associated cardiovascular condition. Nandita Scott, MD, is director of Mass ...

In November 2023, the 46-year-old survived a spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD — a less common type of heart ...

The acute event, a spontaneous coronary artery dissection, wrought wide changes that reverberated through Tara Benoit’s life.

He suspected she'd had a heart attack caused by a spontaneous coronary artery dissection. SCAD happens when a coronary artery wall suddenly tears, slowing or blocking blood flow to the heart.