You experience chest pain and rapid heartbeat
Chest pain and rapid heartbeat can lead to coronary artery dissection also known as SCAD, which is a disease that occurs when a tear forms in a blood vessel in your heart. Unfortunately, this disease can be fatal, if left untreated.Â
“SCAD—or spontaneous dissection of a coronary artery, the arteries that supply the heart muscle—is rare, can affect young people, and occurs more often in women than men. Pregnancy-related SCAD is a rare but potentially fatal condition. It’s estimated that 1 in 16,000 pregnancies is complicated by an acute heart attack and up to one-fourth of these are due to SCAD,” explained Roberts.