Tuesday 19 March 2019

Heart attacks can happen to young and fit women – as South Jersey mother learned

Heart Attacks In Young Women


 Important article highlighting the danger of heart attacks in young women!  Click the link above for the full article!

Knowing the symptoms can be crucial to surviving SCAD

Thom Carroll/PhillyVoice
Brianne Callahan, 38, of Moorestown, New Jersey, suffered a heart attack from Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection, commonly known as SCAD, while skiing with her family in Vermont.
Brianne Callahan noticed the symptoms. After all, it was difficult to miss the feeling of an elephant sitting on her chest.

But she initially failed to recognize the serious message they were sending, figuring she was still getting back into shape after having her fourth child a few months earlier.

Despite experiencing shortness of breath and pain in her right arm during a family trip last year, Callahan told herself to push through the pain. She skied a Vermont mountain for another two days.

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