Spring 2025 Mayo Clinic Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) Research Findings (Chicago)

Here are the spring 2025 research findings from the Mayo Clinic SCAD (Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection) Research Program presented by Drs. Sharonne Hayes.

This presentation and reunion was on Friday, June 6th, 2025 at the SCAD Social & Dinner at Maggiano's Little Italy in Naperville, Illinois. Like in previous years, this event was held the night before the Annual National 5K SCADaddle for Research on Saturday June 7th, 2025. Upcoming events and 5K runs can be found at https://scadresearch.org/2024-5k-scad....

Many healthcare providers do not recognize chest pain in women as a SCAD (Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection) heart attack. It is misdiagnosed as anxiety attack, gastritis, and takotsubo (broken heart) syndrome. Please share this video with any woman who has had chest pain whose cause has been attributed to stress, panic attack or some other non-specific cause.

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.

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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"