Voices of SCAD: Diane

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

Back in 2014 Diane exercised a lot. She would would work out by swimming or weightlifting nearly every day. Then during a Zumba class she felt a weird and painful shock in her chest. Hours later she got an intense headache and became violently ill. In this video Diane describes what she and her healthcare providers did during those first four months before they realized she was having a SCAD heart attack.

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.