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A heart attack at age 35. That's not supposed to happen. The woman you're about to meet suffered what's called a spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD. It's a condition that's hard to diagnose and there's very little information available about it. Experts at Mayo Clinic have results from studies aimed at learning more about this life-threatening condition.
Resource: Cardiovascular Diseases in Minnesota
Don't worry — you're just tired and out of sorts after having your baby. But the chest pain experienced by the woman you're about to meet was much more than a difficult recovery. She had a heart attack when a rare and deadly condition stopped blood flow to her heart. The same thing happened to another woman. After sharing their stories on social networking sites, they found more women with the same problem. That's when they contacted Mayo Clinic to convince cardiologists to use the information they gathered on the Internet to research this condition.
Resource: Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection
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