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A coronary artery dissection (also known as spontaneous coronary artery dissection or SCAD) is a rare sometimes fatal traumatic condition with eighty percent of cases affecting women. The coronary artery develops a tear causing blood to flow between the layers which forces them apart. Early studies of the disease placed mortality rates at around 70%.

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