Rebecca Trahan, a long distance runner, shares her experience when she suffered a SCAD. Since she was healthy and fit, she didn’t expect to suffer a heart attack.

Rebecca Breslin from the UK is a SCAD survivor and a go getter.  She organized a fundraising walk in Melton Country Park to coincide with the 5K Walk for SCAD Research, sponsored by a SCAD Research, Inc, a 501(c)(3) charity focused on raising funds for SCAD research Read more at Melton Times

Nefertari Nelson-Williams shares her story about suffering a spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) when she was nine months pregnant.  She was airlifted to a different hospital the next morning.  Read more at Heart Insight

Louise Pearson from Derby, England suffered a SCAD and felt alone until she met another SCAD survivor through social media from England. Read more at Derby Telegraph

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

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

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

Adam Bible thought he had a stomach virus but learned he suffered a heart attack in his mid-20s caused by SCAD. Read more at GOERIE.com