April 30, 2012
Margo Murphy was at a park with her 3 year old and 6 month old sons when she suffered a heart attack. A stranger called 911. Days later she suffered another heart attack. She learned her heart attacks were caused by SCAD. Read more at Recordnet.com
April 25, 2012
Tracy Hjelle, Luther College softball pitching coach, suffered a SCAD while boarding a bus to a game in Wisconsin. She was fortunate because this happened in the presence of Luther College’s head athletic trainer and softball players who performed CPR. Read more at The Decorah Newspapers
April 24, 2012
This article focuses on heart attacks and features several heart attack survivors including SCAD survivor Lisa Schmidtfrerick-Miller, who was an active 46 year old with no risk factors for heart disease. Read more at The Health Journal
Three Chicago-area SCAD survivors host the first-ever gathering of SCAD survivors worldwide the weekend of May 4-6, 2012. Read more at NPF
When Judy Alico, a former resident of Naperville, IL, died suddenly from SCAD her family established SCAD Research, Inc, a 501(c)(3) charity and organized a walk to raise money for SCAD research. Read more at TRIP Local – Mount Prospect