SCAD is a rare disease. In order for us to study it, we need pro-active SCAD survivors to continue to get involved in our research projects.
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SCAD is a rare disease. In order for us to study it, we need pro-active SCAD survivors to continue to get involved in our research projects.
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Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) is an unpredictable event with patients usually presenting with a sudden unexpected heart attack.
Here you will be able to learn about SCAD and read the stories of others who have suffered from this condition.
Our team at the Leicester Glenfield hospital is funded by BeatSCAD and from public donations and have previously received funded from the British Heart Foundation and NIHR Rare diseases Translational Research Collaboration.
Dr David Adlam is the chief investigator for our research. We aim to investigate:
We are extremely grateful to SCAD-survivors, their family and friends who have generously donated or raised funding to support our research
If you would like to contribute to SCAD research then please donate at ourjust giving page.
First and foremost we would like to send our very best wishes to everyone in the SCAD-community, their friends and families. It has been a challenging time for us all as we enter a new phase of the pandemic with lockdown-2.
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COVID-19 (the CORONAVIRUS) and SCAD
First and foremost we would like to send our very best wishes to everyone in the SCAD-community, their friends and families. It has been a challenging time for us all but we are all hopeful that things are now improving.
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COVID-19 (the CORONAVIRUS) and SCAD
Clearly it is a worrying time for many people at the moment and our thoughts are naturally with all our patients and friends in the SCAD-survivor community.
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COVID-19 (the CORONAVIRUS) and SCAD
19th March 2020 - please keep an eye on national guidelines as advice is rapidly changing
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Karen competed at the World Transplant Games and won 3 gold medals, 2 silver medals and broke 3 world records in swimming.
Stephen was a keen cyclist prior to his SCAD and has managed to get back to cycling in the challenging terrain of the French Alps.
Poster on pregnancy after SCAD presented at Midlands Maternity Conference, April 2019
Michelle’s story
At the time of my SCAD event, I was a 43-year-old active single mother of three living in Norway. I had always tried to stay relatively fit. I ate a balanced diet and I have never smoked. I drank alcohol on occasions.
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My decision to take part in the SCAD research study was prompted by my wish to solve the mystery of what occurred to me in October 2013.
The research base is at Leicester University, so on a dark December evening last year I left my office in West Sussex and drove to the Premier Inn at Leicester. The following morning, a five-minute drive took me to Glenfield Hospital where Dr Alice Wood went through various questions with me. After the preliminaries, I was taken to a separate room for an ultrasound carried out by Dr Wood. This focused on an artery in my upper arm. A short break in which I had my first food of the day followed, and then a session on the exercise bike that gradually put my heart under increasing amounts of stress. During these tests, I was attached to various monitoring wires.
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