Use of HRT in managing chest pain in SCAD
Dr Anju John, Clinical Research Fellow at the Leicester SCAD research project, is looking for SCAD patients to take part in her research into the efficacy of managing post-SCAD chest pain with HRT and the safety of HRT in peri- and post-menopausal women.
Dr John is looking for women who have had a SCAD and are:
- aged 45 or over with SCAD diagnosed in the past three years who suffer with chest pain for at least four days in the previous month.
Participants will be randomly allocated to either the HRT or placebo group and the frequency and severity of chest pain will be monitored to assess the safety and efficacy of HRT in managing post-SCAD chest pain.
If you are interested in taking part please click the More info & take part button below to email Dr John.
Dr John’s research is part-funded by Beat SCAD.
As well as the UK SCAD Registry and research in Leicester, there are some interesting studies going on elsewhere in the UK. We encourage the SCAD community to get involved to help improve the knowledge of SCAD and its impact on patients, partners and families, so if you're interested in taking part, please click on the links below.
The association between sex hormones and SCAD
Dr Anju John, Clinical Research Fellow at the Leicester SCAD research project, is looking for SCAD patients and healthy volunteers to take part in her research into the association of sex hormones and SCAD.
Dr John is looking for SCAD patients and healthy volunteers who are:
- aged 20-45 who are not on any hormonal contraception and are having regular periods
- peri- and post-menopausal women planning to start or stop HRT
If you are interested in taking part please click the More info & take part button below to email Dr John.
Dr John’s research is part-funded by Beat SCAD.
Fitness tracker information pre- and post-SCAD
An exploration to see if people who have had a SCAD can successfully access and upload fitness tracker recorded physical activity information from three time points (4 weeks before the most recent SCAD event, and 6 and 21 weeks after their most recent SCAD).
The study (Can Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) survivors provide us with historical physical activity data from fitness trackers?) will improve understanding in the area physical activity in SCAD patients and the research team’s aim is to improve support and rehabilitation guidance for people who do not always fit into traditional cardiac rehabilitation programmes for a variety of reasons.
Professor Lis Neubeck, Professor of Cardiovascular Health in the School of Health and Social Care at Edinburgh Napier University discussed exercise and SCAD at our Conference in October and Coral Hanson (exercise specialist and Senior Research Fellow), who is leading this study, explained the research at about 26mins in this video.