Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA) utilization in acute Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) hospitalizations in the United States from 2017 to 2022

Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of acute coronary syndrome.1 Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) is the gold standard for diagnosing SCAD, while coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) offers a noninvasive 3-dimensional assessment. Although CCTA is not yet a first-line modality for SCAD due to lower spatial and temporal resolution than ICA, it is often performed for diagnostic confirmation or to assess vessel healing during hospitalizatio…

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