Below are links to some of the published papers and guidelines on SCAD

2021

Cardiovascular health after menopause transition, pregnancy disorders, and other gynaecologic conditions: a consensus document from European cardiologists, gynaecologists, and endocrinologists

European Heart Journal ,Angela H E M Maas, Giuseppe Rosano, Renata Cifkova, Alaide Chieffo, Dorenda van Dijken, Haitham Hamoda, Vijay Kunadian, Ellen Laan, Irene Lambrinoudaki, Kate Maclaran, Nick Panay, John C Stevenson, Mick van Trotsenburg, Peter Collins, Published 25 January 2021

Simultaneous spontaneous arterial dissections in a 38-year-old woman presenting during the covid-19 pandemic: a case report

European Heart Journal, Lynsey Hewitson, Chih Wong, Shahid Aziz, Amardeep Dastidar, Published: 10 March 2021

2020

Analysis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, and Resiliency Within the Unique Population of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Survivors

Journal of the American Heart Association, Alexis K. Johnson, Sharonne N. Hayes, Craig Sawchuk, Matthew P. Johnson, Patricia J. Best, Rajiv Gulati, and Marysia S. Tweet, Published 28 April 2020

Identification of Susceptibility Loci for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

JAMA Cardiology, Tamiel N. Turley, BS1; Megan M. O’Byrne, MA2; Matthew L. Kosel, BS2; et al Mariza de Andrade, PhD2; Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD3; Sharonne N. Hayes, MD3; Marysia S. Tweet, MD3; Timothy M. Olson, MD3,4, Published 6 May 2020

Rare Loss-of-function Mutations of PTGIR are enriched in Fibromuscular Dysplasia

Cardiovascular Research, Adrien Georges, PhD, Juliette Albuisson, MD, PhD, Takiy Berrandou, PhD, Délia Dupré, Msc, Aurélien Lorthioir, MD, Valentina D’Escamard, MD, PhD, Antonio F Di Narzo, PhD, Daniella Kadian-Dodov, MD, Jeffrey W Olin, MD, Ewa Warchol-Celinska, MD, PhD et al, Published: 12 June 2020

Chronic infarct size after spontaneous coronary artery dissection: implications for pathophysiology and clinical management

European Heart Journal, Abtehale Al-Hussaini, Ahmed M S E K Abdelaty, Gaurav S Gulsin, Jayanth R Arnold, Marcos Garcia-Guimaraes, Diluka Premawardhana, Charley Budgeon, Alice Wood, Nalin Natarajan, Kenneth Mangion, Roby Rakhit, Stephen P Hoole, Thomas W Johnson, Colin Berry, Ian Hudson, Anthony H Gershlick, Andrew Ladwiniec, Jan Kovac, Iain Squire, Nilesh J Samani, Sven Plein, Gerry P McCann, David Adlam, Published 14 June 2020

Psychological and clinical characteristics of female patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Netherlands Heart Journal, V. R. Smaardijk · P. M. C. Mommersteeg · W. J. Kop · D. Adlam · A. H. E. M. Maas, Published June 2020

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection and Fibromuscular Dysplasia: Vasculopathies With a Predilection for Women

Heart Lung and Circulation, Siiri E. Iismaa, PhD, Stephanie Hesselson, PhD, Lucy McGrath-Cadell, MD, Eleni Giannoulatou, DPhil, Jason Kovacic, MD, PhD, Robert M. Graham, MD, Published 6 July 2020

Recurrent spontaneous coronary artery dissection in a middle-aged male athlete patient: a case report

European Heart Journal – Case Reports, John J Fitzpatrick, Awsan Noman, Nicola Ryan, Dana K Dawson, Published 30 July 2020

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection, a commonly overlooked etiology of acute coronary syndrome

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, Ashish Kumar Roy, Moni Roy, Manajyoti Yadav,K alyan C. Potu, Sudhir Mungee, Published 2 Aug 2020

Coronary Flow Reserve in Patients With Prior Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection and Recurrent Angina

Journal of the American Heart Association, Tara Sedlak, Andrew Starovoytov, Karin Humphries, and Jacqueline Saw. Published 5 August 2020

Psychological and clinical characteristics of patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection: A case-control study.

International Journal of Cardiology, Veerle R.Smaardijkac, Paula M.C. Mommersteega, Willem J.K opa, Dario Pellegrinibc, Robert-Janvan Geunsc, H.E.M. Angelac, 14 August 2020

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, JACC State-of-the-Art Review

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Sharonne N. Hayes, Marysia S. Tweet, David Adlam, Esther S.H. Kim, Rajiv Gulati, Joel E. Price and Carl H. Rose, Published August 2020

2020 ESC Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation: The Task Force for the management of acute coronary syndromes in patients presenting without persistent ST-segment elevation of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC)

European Heart Journal, Jean-Philippe Collet, Holger Thiele, Emanuele Barbato, Olivier Barthélémy, Johann Bauersachs, Deepak L Bhatt, Paul Dendale, Maria Dorobantu, Thor Edvardsen, Thierry Folliguet et al. Published 29 August 2020

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection with Iliac Artery Dissection: A Case Report and Literature Review

Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, Du, Jun; Du, Jianlin; She, Qiang; Deng, Songbai, Published 1 September 2020.

Audio summary by Editor-in-Chief Dr. Valentin Fuster on JACC.org.

European Society of Cardiology (ESC) 2020 Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) Clinical Practice Guidelines

SCAD has a section for the first time, see pages 37-38 section 6.1.5, Published 1 September.

Enrichment of Rare Variants in Loeys–Dietz Syndrome Genes in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection but Not in Severe Fibromuscular Dysplasia

Circulation, Aline Verstraeten, Melanie H.A.M. Perik, Anna A. Baranowska, Josephina A.N. Meester, Lotte Van Den Heuvel, Jarl Bastianen, Marlies Kempers, Ingrid P.C. Krapels, Angela Maas, et al  and Collaborators of the European/International Fibromuscular Dysplasia Registry and Initiative (FEIRI), Published 8 September 2020

Association of Pregnancy With Recurrence of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection Among Women With Prior Coronary Artery Dissection

JAMA Network, Marysia S. Tweet, MD; Kathleen A. Young, MD; Patricia J. M. Best, MD; et al, Published 23 September 2020

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: clinical implications and diagnostic challenges. Overlooked and underappreciated in Asia?

Clinical Cardiology, Ting‐Ting Low  Marie Houdmont  Hui W. Sim  Koo H. Chan  Poay H. Loh  Joshua P. Loh, Published 20 October 2020

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Insights on Rare Genetic Variation from Genome Sequencing 

Circulation, Keren J. Carss, Anna A. Baranowska, Javier Armisen, Thomas R. Webb, Stephen E. Hamby, Diluka Premawardhana, Abtehale Al-Hussaini, Alice Wood, Quanli Wang, Sri V.V. Deevi, Dimitrios Vitsios, Samuel H. Lewis, Deevia Kotecha, Nabila Bouatia-Naji, Stephanie Hesselson, Siiri E. Iismaa, Ingrid Tarr, Lucy McGrath-Cadell, David W. Muller, Sally L. Dunwoodie, Diane Fatkin, Robert M. Graham, Eleni Giannoulatou, Nilesh J. Samani, Slavé Petrovski, Carolina Haefliger, and David Adlam, Published 30 October 2020

Autoimmune Disease and Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Causation Versus Coexistence

Editorial comment, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, David Adlam, Bernardo Cortese, and Jacek Kadziela, Published 2 November 2020

Lack of Association of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection With Autoimmune Disease

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Vanessa L.Kronzer MD, MSCI, Alex D.Tarabochia MD, Angie S.Lobo Romero MD, Nicholas Y.Tan MSc, Thomas J.O’Byrne MAS, Cynthia S.Crowson PhD, Tamiel N.Turley BS, Elena Myasoedova MD, PhD, John M.Davis III MD, MS, Claire E. Raphael MBBS, PhD, Rajiv Gulati MD, PhD, Sharonne N.Hayes MD, Marysia S.Tweet MD, Published 10 November 2020

Fibromuscular Dysplasia Screening in Patients With Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

Circulation, Elizabeth W Thompson, Elliot Fitzsimmons, Tessa Cook, Jennifer Lewey, Published 12 November 2020

2019

Association of the PHACTR1/EDN1 genetic locus with spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Published 7 January 2019

PHACTR1 paper explained by the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre

PHACTR1 paper explained by Dr David Adlam

Spontaneous coronary artery dissections and associated predisposing factors: a narrative review

Netherlands Heart Journal, B. N. J. Janssen, P. W. de Leeuw & A. H. E. M. Maas, Published 25 January 2019

Rare Missense Variants in TLN1 Are Associated With Familial and Sporadic Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, Tamiel N. Turley, Jeanne L. Theis, Rhianna S. Sundsbak, Jared M. Evans, Megan M. O’Byrne, Rajiv Gulati, Marysia S. Tweet, Sharonne N. Hayes, Timothy M. Olson, Published 19 March 2019

The importance of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) specific care in reducing recurrent events

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Francesca Ponzini, Shelly Mishra, Shilpa Sharma, Jessica Duran, Yousef Ghazzawi, Mark Lindsay, Nandita S. Scott, Sarah Tsiaras, Aferdita Spahillari, and Malissa Jane Wood, Published March 2019

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: no longer a rare disease

European Heart Journal, David Adlam, Marcos García-Guimaraes, Angela H E M Maas, Published 14 April 2019

Characterization and outcomes of spontaneous coronary artery dissection patients presenting with an acute coronary syndrome: insights from the ACALM registry

Heart, Rahul Potluri, Paul Carter, Amir Aziz, Minh Vo, Ranjit More, Jaydeep Sarma, Asif Ahmed, David Adlam, Robert Welsh, Kevin Bainey, Published May 2019

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection and Hypothyroidism

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia, Santiago Jesús Camacho Freirea, José Francisco Díaz Fernándeza, Livia Luciana Gheorghea, Antonio Enrique Gómez Mencheroa, Javier León Jiméneza, Jessica Roa Garridoa, Rosa Cardenal Pirisa, Miguel Pedregal Gonzálezb, Teresa Bastantec, Marcos García Guimaraesc, Alberto Verac, Javier Cuestac, Fernando Riveroc, Fernando Alfonsoc, Published August 2019

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD)

Vascular Medicine, Ivka Stimach, Esther SH Kim, Khendi White Solaru, et al, Published 14 October 2019

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in Patients With a Provisional Diagnosis of Takotsubo Syndrome

Journal of the American Heart Association, Anaïs Hausvater, Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, Jacqueline Saw, Mark Sherrid, Thara Ali, Dalisa Espinosa, Rediet Mersha, Maria DeFonte, and Harmony R. Reynolds, Published 12 November 2019

Successful treatment of a spontaneous right coronary artery dissection with a 4-mm diameter cutting balloon: a case report

European Heart Journal, Harish Sharma, Vincenzo Vetrugno, Sohail Q Khan, Published 27 November 2019

Editorial on: ‘Characteristics of extension and de novo recurrent spontaneous coronary artery dissection’

David Adlam, DPhil, FRCP; Alice Wood, MBBS, MRCP; Abtehale Al-Hussaini, MBBS, MRCP

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Pathophysiological Insights from Optical Coherence Tomography

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging, Published December 2019

An Unusual Presentation of Postpartum Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

University of California, Alterie, Jonathan D., Villanueva, Francis, Arekat, Mohamed, Brill, April, Published 2019

2018

European Society of Cardiology, acute cardiovascular care association, SCAD study group: a position paper on spontaneous coronary artery dissection

David Adlam, Fernando Alfonso, Angela Maas, Christiaan Vrints, Writing Committee, Published 22 February 2018

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Current State of the Science: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation, Sharonne N. Hayes, Esther S.H. Kim, Jacqueline Saw, David Adlam, Cynthia Arslanian-Engoren, Katherine E. Economy, Santhi K. Ganesh, Rajiv Gulati, Mark E. Lindsay, Jennifer H. Mieres et al and On behalf of the American Heart Association Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease; Council on Clinical Cardiology; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Genomic and Precision Medicine; and Stroke Council, Published 22 February 2018

Spontaneous Dissections of Coronary Arteries (SCAD) and Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS). Preliminary Results of the Discovery – ACS: A Multicenter Prospective Registry With A Patients-control Group

Alessandro Fontanelli, Alessandra Benettin, Carlo Bonanno, Ester Cabianca, Alessandro Desideri, Andrea Santarelli, Luigi La Vecchia, and Leopoldo Pagliani, Published 22 March 2018

Prospective Cardiovascular Genetics Evaluation in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, Ihsan Kaadan, Carolyn MacDonald, Francesca Ponzini, Jessica Duran, Kelsey Newell, Linda Pitler, Angela Lin, Ido Weinberg, Malissa J. Wood, and Mark E. Lindsay, Published 12 April 2018

Familial Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection – Evidence for Genetic Susceptibility

Circulation, Kashish Goel, Marysia Tweet, Timothy M Olson, Joseph J Maleszewski, Rajiv Gulati, and Sharonne Hayes, Published 27 Mar 2018

Early Natural History of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Thomas M. Waterbury, Marysia S. Tweet, Sharonne N. Hayes, Mackram F. Eleid, Malcolm R. Bell, Amir Lerman, Mandeep Singh, Patricia J.M. Best, Bradley R. Lewis et al, Published 14 September 2018

British Cardiovascular Society Openheart journal article summarising the European Position Paper and American Scientific Statement.

Published 5 November 2018

Whole Exome Sequencing of Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) Cases Discovers Enrichment of Rare Disruptive Variants in Fibrillar Collagen Genes

Circulation, Seyedeh M Zekavat, Erina Kii, Mark Chaffin, Krishna Aragam, Malissa J Wood, Hongyu Zhao, Sekar Kathiresan, Mark E Lindsay, and Pradeep Natarajan, Published 5 November 2018

Spontaneous coronary artery dissections and fibromuscular dysplasia: Current insights on pathophysiology, sex and gender

International Journal of Cardiology, Angela H.E.M. Maas, Nabila Bouatia-Naji, Alexandre Persu, David Adlam, Published 9 November 2018

Prevalence and Clinical Factors of Migraine in Patients With Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

Journal of the American Heart Association, Susan N. Kok, Sharonne N. Hayes, F. Michael Cutrer, Claire E. Raphael, Rajiv Gulati, Patricia J. M. Best, and Marysia S. Tweet, Published 13 December 2018

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: contemporary aspects of diagnosis and patient management

BMJ Openheart, Fernando Macaya, Pablo Salinas, Nieves Gonzalo, Antonio Fernández-Ortiz, Carlos Macaya and Javier Escaned, Published 2018

2017

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection

Heart, Abtehale Al-Hussaini, David Adlam, Published July 2017

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Clinical Outcomes and Risk of Recurrence

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Jacqueline Saw, Karin Humphries, Eve Aymong, Tara Sedlak, Roshan Prakash, Andrew Starovoytov and  G.B. John Mancini, Published August 2017

Hypertension, underuse of betablockers linked to recurrent tear in SCAD patients article referencing the above paper

2016

The First Dedicated Cardiac Rehabilitation Program for Patients With Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection: Description and Initial Results

Science Direct, Annie Y.Chou MD, Roshan Prakash MD, Jennifer Rajala MD, Taira Birnie BSc, Saul Isserow MD, Carolyn M.Taylor MD, Andrew Ignaszewski MD, Sammy Chan MD, Andrew Starovoytov MD, Jacqueline Saw MD, Published April 2016

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection and its association with heritable connective tissue disorders

Heart, June 2016, Stanislav Henkin, Sara M Negrotto, Marysia S Tweet, Salman Kirmani, David R Deyle, Rajiv Gulati, Timothy M Olson, Sharonne N Hayes

2015

What Clinicians should know about SCAD

Mayo Clinic, Marysia S. Tweet, MD; Rajiv Gulati, MD, PhD; and Sharonne N. Hayes, MD

2014

Coronary Artery Tortuosity in Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, Angiographic Characteristics and Clinical Implications

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Mackram F. Eleid, Raviteja R. Guddeti, Marysia S. Tweet, Amir Lerman, Mandeep Singh, Patricia J. Best, Terri J. Vrtiska, Megha Prasad, Charanjit S. Rihal, Sharonne N. Hayes, and Rajiv Gulati, Published 19 August 2014

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, Association With Predisposing Arteriopathies and Precipitating Stressors and Cardiovascular Outcomes

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Jacqueline Saw, Eve Aymong, Tara Sedlak, Christopher E. Buller, Andrew Starovoytov, Donald Ricci, Simon Robinson, Tycho Vuurmans, Min Gao, Karin Humphries, and G.B. John Mancini, Published 1 October 2014

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, Revascularization Versus Conservative Therapy

Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, Marysia S. Tweet, Mackram F. Eleid, Patricia J.M. Best, Ryan J. Lennon, Amir Lerman, Charanjit S. Rihal, David R. HolmesJr, Sharonne N. Hayes, and Rajiv Gulati, Published 18 November 2014