Voices of SCAD: Natalie

Why am I having chest pain? I'm a young woman with no risk factors?
-- Typical SCAD patient.

"I had just every single heart attack symptom that you could imagine... I knew instinctively it was my heart although the nurses kept saying it's not your heart, your EKG looks great, your blood pressure's normal." In this video Natalie explains why it may have happened, and what you can do if it happens to you.

To improve awareness, please share this video with any woman you know who has had chest pain whose cause has not been specifically identified.

At https://www.scadresearch.org/about/ are links to three flyers, one for patients, one for emergency room personnel, and one for EMTs. Consider sharing them with any healthcare professionals or emergency responders you know.

#scad
#scadresearch
#takotsubo
#panicattack
#SpontaneousCoronaryArteryDissection

These keywords are to help those with undiagnosed SCAD find this video in their searches. Sadly, without a correct diagnosis, this is all the information they have.
- Takotsubo syndrome
- broken heart syndrome
- stress
- panic attack
- chest pain
- maybe
- "weren't sure"
- "sent me home"
- "sent her home"

Music: "Disquiet" available at http://incompetech.com, copyright by Kevin Macleod.