Pregnancy-Associated Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection in Women: A Literature Review.

Background: Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) primarily affects women younger than age 50 years, is often misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, and research on this topic is limited.

Objective: A literature review was conducted to identify unique factors that can facilitate pregnancy-related SCAD (P-SCAD) diagnosis as well as differentiate it from nonpregnancy-related SCAD (NP-SCAD).

Methods: A literature search was conducted on PubMed, Medline, Embase, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Google Scholar databases that focused on NP-SCAD and P-SCAD cases reported in North America between 2006 and 2021 using the terms , and , along with and .