The acute event, a spontaneous coronary artery dissection, wrought wide changes that reverberated through Tara Benoit’s life.

In a field often centered around men’s health, one cardiology leader is bringing awareness to an often overlooked pregnancy-associated cardiovascular condition. Nandita Scott, MD, is director of Mass ...

A silent heart attack is a specific type of heart attack that impacts women after pregnancy and a Valley woman is warning of ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of acute coronary syndrome or sudden cardiac death, primarily affecting relatively young women (median age, 51 years) ...

Doctors repaired two of Mixson’s arteries, which had torn open in a condition called spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Mixson spent five days in the hospital after the surgery, he said ...

He suspected she'd had a heart attack caused by a spontaneous coronary artery dissection. SCAD happens when a coronary artery wall suddenly tears, slowing or blocking blood flow to the heart.

He was diagnosed with spontaneous coronary artery dissection, a rare condition in which a tear forms in a coronary artery and causes blockage. “It’s not a typical cholesterol blockage ...