Table 4.

Screening Questions for SCAD-Associated Arteriopathies and Connective Tissue Disorders

Personal history (Have you ever been diagnosed with or experienced any of the following?)

Early-onset hypertension

Stroke or transient ischemic attack

Pulsatile tinnitus

Migraine headaches

Renal infarction

Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Aneurysm (aortic, peripheral, brain)

Dissection (aortic, peripheral)

Rupture of hollow organs (intestinal, bladder, uterine)

Pneumothorax

Tendon or muscle rupture

Joint dislocation

Talipes equinovarus (clubfoot)

Umbilical or inguinal hernia

Scoliosis or pectus deformity

Pregnancy complications (cervical incompetence, hemorrhage, uterine prolapse, hypertension)

Poor wound healing

Ectopia lentis

Myopia

Detached retina, early glaucoma, or early cataracts

Tall stature

Abnormality of cardiac valve (bicuspid aortic valve, mitral valve prolapse)

Systemic inflammatory disease

Family history (Does anyone in your family have any of the following?)

Dissection (coronary, aortic, peripheral)

Inherited arteriopathy or connective tissue disorder (eg, vascular Ehlers-

Danlos syndrome, Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome) Fibromuscular dysplasia Aneurysm (aortic, peripheral, brain)

Early stroke, early myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death

Review of systems (Are you currently experiencing any of the following?)

Headaches

Pulsatile tinnitus

Postprandial abdominal pain

Flank pain

Claudication

Easy bruising

Joint hypermobility or laxity

SCAD indicates spontaneous coronary artery dissection.