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Giving thanks for research and all who make it possible.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Interested in #SCAD? Your #GivingTuesday gift will support the #iSCADregistry, a multi-center clinical study sponsored by #scadalliance. Details here: mailchi.mp/scadalliance...
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December 3, 2024 at 5:49 PM
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#SCADheart #SCAD #heartattack #HeartMonth #scadalliance #iSCADregistry #CardioSky #MedSky
laurengroner.bsky.social Lauren Kriger Groner @laurengroner.bsky.social · Feb 7
Healthy 🚺 early 30s w acute substernal chest pain

#YesCCT:
🫀Long-segment LAD narrowing
🫀No atherosclerotic CAD
🫀LAD territory transmural hypoperfusion (MI)

Dx: Type 2 Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (confirmed on cath)

Think about SCAD in a young 🚺 wo traditional risk factors! #WearRedDay
February 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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NEW #SCAD RESOURCE on our website scadalliance.org/wp-content/u...
This card educates about #SCADheart and speaks for patients in an #emergency. (And it’s free!)
#MedSky #CardioSky #EMedSky #scadalliance cc @prodriguezmd.bsky.social
Sample picture of the @scadalliance downloadable emergency care alert card.
December 15, 2024 at 4:22 PM
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🔬🧫🧬 How does gVasc use your samples and data for SCAD research? Swipe to see more information, key questions, and future directions ➡️ #SCAD #hearthealth #heartresearch #scadalliance #genetics #scadgenetics #womenshealth @scadalliance.bsky.social @pnatarajanmd.bsky.social @markelindsay.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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#SCADheart #SCAD #heartattack #HeartMonth #WearRedDay #scadalliance #iSCADregistry
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February 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Patient focused discussion on vascular disease in women. NOW 945 At Heart Theater 2 #AHA24 terrific to see patient advocates from FMDSA SCADAlliance here to share experiences with #FMD #SCAD #cardiosky
November 16, 2024 at 3:38 PM
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Thanks for shining the light, @erinmichos.bsky.social ❤️

#SCADheart #SCAD #heartattack #HeartMonth #WearRedDay #scadalliance #iSCADregistry
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February 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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How do you join the gVasc Research Study? Visit gvascstudy.org 💻 and follow these easy steps! Complete a few short surveys about your health and receive the saliva kit in the mail 📝 📦 ❤️ #scad #heartresearch #scadalliance @scadalliance.bsky.social @pnatarajanmd.bsky.social @markelindsay.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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🎁 Happy Holidays from the gVasc research team 🎁 participating in research can be a meaningful gift for loved ones, future patients, and yourself ❤️

#SCAD #heartresearch #hearthealth #scadalliance #genetics @pnatarajanmd.bsky.social @markelindsay.bsky.social @scadalliance.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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gVasc is a research study trying to find out if there are genetic factors behind why SCAD happens🫀Click the link in our bio or head to gvascstudy.org to learn more about our study and to participate! #gvasc #SCAD #research #heart #hearthealth #heartresearch #scadalliance @scadalliance.bsky.social
image of heart - Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection - SCAD - gVasc Research Study
August 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Hope you are doing well, and thanks so much for sharing important information on #SCAD!
#SCADheart #SCAD #heartattack #HeartMonth #WearRedDay #scadalliance #iSCADregistry #CardioSky #MedSky
February 9, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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What is gVasc? 🤔 Listen for more information about the study!🫀and visit gvascstudy.org to enroll 💻 #SCAD #hearthealth #heartresearch #scadalliance #genetics #scadgenetics #womenshealth @scadalliance.bsky.social @markelindsay.bsky.social @pnatarajanmd.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Always inspired by experience of others at #AHA24…. Realize I can do more to educate my local EMS/first responders about #SCAD . Young women often dismissed. Thanks for the motivation SCADalliance.
I will get to it! #CardioSky
November 16, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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Soon after the #PTSD paper posted, the #iSCADregistry team published on migraine and #SCAD, led by Dr. Bryan Wells at #Emory

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#scadheart #Scadalliance #cardiosky #medsky
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December 4, 2024 at 2:17 AM
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REGISTER NOW for the *Virtual* 2026 Sanger SCAD Symposium, cohosted by @AtriumSHVI and #scadalliance on May 16th: cp.events/1hrqygnr Check out this great faculty, featuring the investigators of @iSCADregistry (CME credit available)
#SCADheart #SCAD #MedSky #CardioSky
April 21, 2026 at 4:44 AM
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GRATEFUL this #Thanksgiving to all the PIs, clinicians, research coordinators, site staff, PERFUSE team, and patients who work selflessly to make the #iSCADregistry a reality. Learn more ... clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT044...
#SCADheart #CardioSky #MedSky
logo of the iSCAD Registry, an independent, multi-center spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) clinical study sponsored by @scadalliance
November 29, 2024 at 5:57 AM
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Featuring Dr. Harmony Reynolds, director of the Soter Center for Women's Cardiovascular Research at NYU Langone Health
#SCADheart #SCAD #heartattack #HeartMonth #WearRedDay #scadalliance #iSCADregistry
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February 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE...
The 2026 Sanger #SCAD Symposium recording is now "live." Learn from in-depth presentations by #iSCADregistry PIs and guests. Watch through this link: cp.events/attendee/1hr...

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May 17, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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#HeartMonth Highlight: The @pennmedicine.bsky.social #SCAD Together Event, February 7th in Philadelphia was a day of learning from experts, supporting new friends, and sharing inspiration among patients and family members. THANK YOU Dr. Jenn Lewey and Dr. Monika Sanghavi for including #SCADAlliance!
SCAD Together Faculty: Sarah Tsiaras, MD; Esther Choi, MD; event co-chair Monika Sanghavi, MD, FACC, FAHA; Daniella Kadian-Dadov, MD; and event co-chair Jenn Lewey, MD, MPH. SCAD Together patient panel on heart attack from spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD): Robin, SCAD at age 46; Katherine, SCAD at 38; Vonda, SCAD at 56; and Neelima, SCAD at 49. #SCADheart
February 23, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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@SCADAlliance ’s Dr Esther Kim dialled in from the US to provide an update on the @iSCADregistry revealing plans are underway to to trial first ever treatment for SCAD. A big thanks to all who attended including @SCADResearchAus Inc’s Sarah Ford.
January 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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Unlocking the cause of #SCAD heart attacks is one of our key missions. Our scientists have already identified the key genes driving this disease, and are being helped by SCAD survivors from across the country.
@SCADResearch @SCADalliance @iSCADregistry @SCADResearchAus
January 29, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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We've joined a global effort to uncover the genetic cause of SCAD and accelerate preventative treatments for this little-known disease behind a quarter of all heart attacks in women under 50:@SCADalliance @SCADResearchAus @iSCADregistry @kovacic_jason

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International SCAD registry - Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute scientists are now part of a global effort trying pinpoint the cause of the SCAD and accelerate preventative treatments.
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December 10, 2024 at 3:05 AM
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Sisters Lana and Annette survived SCAD heart attacks and are now helping our scientists find the cause of this disease. Thanks to @AngusGthompson @smh for telling their story and sharing news of our latest SCAD breakthrough:@SCADResearchAus @SCADalliance

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Annette was 39 when she felt a pain like ‘a knife through the back of my chest’
Twenty years on, Annette Maher and her sister are helping scientists in their quest to find the cause of heart attacks affecting otherwise fit and healthy women.
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December 10, 2024 at 3:03 AM
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👏👏 16 key SCAD genes have been identified in @NatureGenet paper by global collab incl Prof Bob Graham, @kovacic_jason @fatkinlab David Muller, @egiannoulatou, @siiriaus, Stephanie Hesselson, @JundayKeerat + Ingrid Tarr:@SCADResearchAus @SCADalliance

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Critical genes identified behind SCAD - Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Institute scientists have significantly advanced the understanding of what causes SCAD
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December 10, 2024 at 3:02 AM