Susan’s Heart Failure and Transplant Story

Susan’s first symptom of a heart problem was a Sudden Cardiac Arrest in her driveway as she was getting ready to leave for work in 2015. It took over three years to figure out what caused her Sudden Cardiac Arrest. “I was in a coma for four days after my SCA,” says...

ARVC: Stories from the EL-PFDD

In June 2023, the SADS Foundation is bringing the ARVC patient community together for a first ever FDA Externally-Led Patient-Focused Drug Development Meeting (EL-PFDD). This meeting gives the FDA and other key stakeholders — including researchers, biopharma...

Joelle’s Heart Transplant Journey

When Joelle was 12, she passed out in church – and testing revealed that the culprit was ARVC. And it progressed quickly – a year after diagnosis, at 13, Joelle got an ICD to help regulate the “electrical chaos” in her heart. Joelle had been a competitive figure...