2 days before her 41st birthday, healthy Mum Belinda had a SCAD heart attack

For Maree this is her 20th year of living with the reality and yet the constant uncertainty of SCAD. In that time she has had 3 heart attacks caused by SCAD.

Mel was 39 & healthy when she had a SCAD Heart Attack "I didn’t think for a minute it was the first stages of a heart attack, then 2 days later I was having a shower getting ready for work when I felt this pain in the middle of my back,  I knew something was wrong"

Sondra was healthy and fit when she had a sudden heart attack caused by Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection.

With no heart disease and an extremely healthy pescatarian, Janice was 68 year when she had a SCAD while playing social tennis.

Dani was just 35 and working in the hospital as a nurse when she suffered a SCAD Heart Attack out of the blue.

Yolande was a healthy 54 year old woman from the Sunshine Coast when she had a SCAD Heart Attack and went into Cardiac Arrest.

"Oct 2019 (51 year old female) and I'm training for a half ironman as part of a relay. I'm going to swim 1.9km and ride 90km. Training is going well, saying to my friends that I'm feeling like I have a balanced training program, not fatigued in the least...

On Wednesday 26 August 2020 I suffered 2 x heart attacks from SCAD. I don’t think I’ll ever forget that day. It was life changing. I picked up my son from school and chatted to friends. Once home I was working at my desk and I got a very intense heaviness in the middle of my chest...

"I was a fit and healthy 48 year old; with a 15 year old son and a 10 year old daughter. Working as an Accountant I’d recently started a new job where I’d encountered issues which were causing me severe emotional stress... I had no idea I was a candidate for Heart Attack"