Jane was 56 and at her very fittest when she had a SCAD heart attack. Jane is a registered nurse & her husband is a doctor. Neither of them had heard of SCAD.

Cate had just had her 3rd child when she suffered a coronary artery dissection.  Initially dismissed as a problem with feeding, Cate had a triple heart by-pass.  

Suzanne was a healthy, active 54 year old Mum when she had a SCAD heart attack while walking to work. Suzanne had no known risk factors for heart disease or heart attack. It was terrifying.

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.

"On Saturday morning 2nd June I dropped my brother's kids to soccer and went home and started vacuuming at 9am. At about 9.20am all of a sudden I had what felt like pressure in my whole chest and left arm.