For patients presenting with spontaneous coronary artery dissection, what other non-cardiac/vascular work-up can be considered to further risk stratify them as a predictor for any future cardiovascular events?

Topics: Cardiology

Answer from: at Community Practice

Our general practice has been to do a CTA head to pelvis to evaluate for FMD and/or aneurysmal disease.

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