By Elise Takahama
It had been less than two weeks since giving birth when a coronary artery in Adriana Rodriguez’s heart burst.
The sudden tear interrupted an early December breakfast with her mother in Bellingham, and within minutes her chest started tightening. A wave of nausea weakened her body. She wanted to curl up into a ball.
Read the full story in The Seattle Times.
By Stefani Kopenec, American Heart Association News
Jen Lentini was a 13-year-old competitive baton twirler and lacrosse player in the Long Island town of Hicksville, New York, when the problems began.
The pain started in her stomach. It was so severe that she’d often sit through a couple of classes then call her parents from the nurse’s office, asking to go home. Her grades started to slip. She didn’t hang out as much with friends. Read the full story in American Heart Association News.