May 12, 2012
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
May 7, 2012
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
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
March 13, 2012
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
March 12, 2012
Dr. Kristen Plastino-Arnold was young and fit and at 41 she became a SCAD survivor. Dr. Arnold describes her experience and why she is a participant in the SCAD research study at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN). Read more at My Sanantonio
February 24, 2012
Alyssa Voelkerding suffered a SCAD just four days after her son was born and on the night of her third wedding anniversary. Read more at Cincinnati Gannett