SCAD Alliance News and Information
SCAD conference and patient symposium a BIG success
Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute hosted two important SCAD events in Charlotte, N.C. ... On April 21, 2023, clinicians and interested patients attended ...
Last day…Order your “listen to your heart” awareness jacket!
Order now! Your jacket will ship this week...How many times has someone said to you, "SCAD? Never heard of it." Our new jacket spells out ...
Register today! SCAD Patient Symposium in Charlotte, NC, on April 22, 2023
The Sanger SCAD Patient Symposium is taking place Saturday, April 22, 2023, at Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute in Charlotte, North Carolina. Meet other spontaneous ...
Research Roundup–Second Installment…
Welcome back to the second installment of Research Round-Up, and thanks to those of you who read, shared, and commented on our first column: https://scadalliance.org/latest-news/research-round-up-1/ ...
Happy Heart Month resources for you…
It's February and for SCAD survivors that means shouting from the rooftops that not all heart attacks are caused by cholesterol plaque. Sometimes it may ...
Introducing…Research Round-up!
"Research Round-up" is a new column written by Tina Pittman Wagers, MSW, PsyD. As a psychologist, SCAD Alliance adviser, and SCAD survivor herself, Tina ...
Reproductive health and SCAD
Watch this panel on women's reproductive health and SCAD to understand what we know about the role hormones may play in SCAD. The doctors reviewed ...
Heart Month — Why SCAD clinical trials are so important
Our Heart Month "Ask the Experts" February 5 addresses the importance of clinical studies and women's cardiovascular research. Listen through this link: https://youtu.be/YzPy3kg2d5E Special guests ...
End-of-Year Ask the Experts Round Up
Is SCAD heart disease? Can I ride a roller coaster? In the past six months, SCAD Alliance has solicited survivors' questions to be reviewed and ...
The Power of One: SCAD Advocacy
The Ask the Experts panel will discuss advocacy and how it can play an important role in your healing and help raise awareness of SCAD at the ...
Answering your vascular and FMD questions…
Patients submitted a range of questions for our Ask the Experts panel related to imaging, fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), aneurysms, and dissections. Watch the video here: ...
SCAD in the ER on Ask the Experts
GREAT ADVICE FOR EVERY WOMAN. Dr. Alyson McGregor, Dr. Basmah Safdar, Dr. Sahar Naderi and SCAD Alliance Co-founder/Board Chair Katherine Leon discuss the difficult issues ...