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Women’s heart health highlighted during awareness campaign across Interior Health - Okanagan | Globalnews.ca

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A Vernon , B.C. , woman suffered a heart attack last June .

Carla Buchanan suffered a spontaneous cortorary artery dissection, or SCAD.

SCAD is a condition that in 90 per cent of cases affects women.

Heart disease is on the rise and it’s the number one cause of death for women globally.