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Above: SCAD Angel families who presented the ceremonial check for $150,000 to Mayo Clinic on your behalf as well as some of the members of Mayo Clinic SCAD Research Team:
Dr. Timothy Olson (Genetics Lab) Rick Saillard (SCAD Angel family), Dr. Marysia Tweet (key SCAD researcher), Dr. Patricia Best (Cath Lab), Kayla Karan<\/strong> (DesignPoint)<\/strong>, Susan Edelman & Jan Saillard (SCAD Angel families), Dr. Sharonne Hayes (international SCAD expert) and Dr. Patricia Pellikka (Chair, Division of Cardiovascular Ultrasound )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Editor’s note: Kayla Karan is an interior designer and project manager with DesignPoint. More importantly, she is a beloved daughter, wife, sister, and aunt. She is dedicated to her family and to causes, like SCAD, that are near to her heart. We applaud Kayla for her energy, ambition, and commitment, and we are proud to have her on our team.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

To say the Mayo Clinic, located in Rochester, Minnesota, is amazing, is an understatement. The average person hears the name \u201cMayo Clinic\u201d from time to time, but what they don\u2019t understand is just how amazing a place it is and what the name \u201cMayo Clinic\u201d stands for. Yes, it is rated the #1 hospital in the nation and is more than 100 years old, but it is so much more. My mom, Susan Edelman, and I, were able to set foot in the Mayo Clinic and meet with the leading doctors and researchers on Thursday, January 30th<\/sup>, to help present the 2019 SCAD Research check for funds raised to the SCAD department of Care and Research.<\/p>\n

SCAD. When people hear the name \u201cSCAD,\u201d they think of Savannah College of Art and Design. What so many adults do not know is that there is another meaning to SCAD: Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection. It is an increasingly-recognized cause of a heart attack that is poorly understood. This type of heart attack seems to strike healthy young women who do not have the conventional risk factors for heart disease. It is a sudden tear that occurs within the layers of one or more arteries of the heart. The tear blocks the blood flow and causes a heart attack. It is the number-one cause of a heart attack in women who are pregnant as well as new mothers experiencing postpartum. Researchers have identified several diseases and conditions as being associated with SCAD, but many times a SCAD occurs in people with no known risk factors or underlying condition.<\/p>\n

The suspected associated conditions and potential triggers for SCAD include:<\/p>\n