While increasing recognition of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) has improved understanding of the disease process and highlighted shortfalls in evidence, prospective and collaborative research across centers and geography are still needed to advance the science, according to a state-of-the-art review published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Sharonne N. Hayes, MD, FACC, et al., provide a clinical update on the diagnosis and management of patients with SCAD and highlight high-priority knowledge gaps that must be addressed. Read more.