August 9, 2012
Tracy Hjelle, the softball pitching coach at Luther College (Decorah, IA), suffered a SCAD as she and her team were preparing to travel to a game in Wisconsin. She is now part of the SCAD study at Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) Watch video at news.iowapublicradio.org
August 8, 2012
Cathy Sessions, 55, is a retired school teacher, dedicated aerobics instructor and SCAD survivor. She participates in Mayo Clinic’s SCAD studies to build a database of SCAD survivors and create a biobank of blood samples to determine if genetic factors are involved. Read more at choteauacantha.com
July 24, 2012
Cheryl Crisman drove herself to the emergency room not feeling good and thinking she had the flu. Instead she was having a heart attack caused by SCAD. Read more at Herald-News
June 28, 2012
Twenty-six SCAD survivors met for their first reunion, which followed the first annual 5K for SCAD Research in Naperville, IL. Prior to the reunion, these survivors only met through social media. Read more at Chicago Sun-Times
June 12, 2012
Deb McGarry had just finished delivering a eulogy at her grandmother’s funeral when she started to have severe pains. A few hours later she suffered a heart attack caused by SCAD. Social media serves as a support group for SCAD survivors around the world. Read more at Chicago Tribune
June 5, 2012
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.
May 14, 2012
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
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