OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Five years ago, Nichole Herring lost control of her future. During a "Friendsgiving" gathering, she experienced severe chest pain and was admitted into the emergency room and ...

For the first time, the study will investigate the optimal antiplatelet therapy for spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD), a distinct form of heart attack that primarily affects women. The ...

After the birth of her third child, Nadia Lappa, 37, marvelled at how easily she was recovering compared to her previous pregnancies — until she suffered an unusual type of heart attack while visiting ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection, SCAD, occurs when a tear or separation forms in the wall of a coronary artery. The tear leads to a disruption of blood flow to the downstream heart muscle which ...

While women and men share many of the same traditional risk factors for heart attack -- high blood pressure, high cholesterol ...

Sarah Nelson had her first heart attack five days after giving birth in February 2020. A second one followed less than a month later. The 33-year-old teacher had never had any heart problems and ...

Heart attack risk almost doubles in the first year after a stroke or when combined with a tear in a neck artery wall, however, a tear without a stroke does not seem to raise heart attack risk, ...