Acute coronary syndrome

  1. Oral contraceptive use linked to SCAD-related heart attack in a young woman
    Case report documents acute myocardial infarction from spontaneous coronary artery dissection in 32-year-old woman using oral contraceptives, with successful conservative management.
  2. Adult Kawasaki disease linked to coronary vessel wall abnormalities
    Study reveals coronary vessel wall abnormalities using optical coherence tomography in adults years after severe Kawasaki disease, including thrombotic substrates.
  3. Pregnancy-related coronary microvascular dysfunction remains poorly understood
    CMD prevalence among pregnant women remains underrecognized; diagnostic methods and management approaches require pregnancy-specific validation and standardization to improve clinical outcomes.