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On Thursday, January 11, 2018, Dr. Esther Kim spoke at the Saint Luke's Muriel I. Kauffman Women's Heart Center in Kansas City, MO, to a ...

The December 21, 2017, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) features SCAD and explores what clinicians consider in making the SCAD diagnosis. ...

After Hess’s second heart attack, it became clear that this was not a postpartum complication — she was diagnosed with spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or ...

Each case of SCAD is noteworthy. As an unsuspecting patient struck by SCAD, every survivor pushes through remarkable stressors during his or her recovery journey. ...

Today, #GivingTuesday 2015, SCAD Alliance is proud to announce that funds raised are designated to support our exhibit at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 65th Annual ...

Motivated by her personal journey as a SCAD survivor, SCAD Alliance board member Tina Pittman Wagers, M.S.W., Psy.D., is leading a research study of the ...

In June, SCAD Alliance co-founder Katherine Leon presented at the 14th Annual Patient Adherence & Access Summit, held in Philadelphia. Leon participated in the session, ...

SCAD Alliance board member, Tina Pittman Wagers, MSW, PsyD, on campus of University Colorado - Boulder (far right) Dr. Tina Pittman Wagers, SCAD Alliance board ...

The critical point in the care of most SCAD patients occurs at the emergency department, where they are either assessed or sent home without a ...

Emergency physicians at #AAEM15 took a serious look at SCAD and asked many questions to better understand their role in heading off heart attack or ...