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"I had no idea heart surgery could be done through a small incision."

 

Mbarek Aitmahjoub knew his aortic valve was faulty, but he had no idea that recovering from surgery to replace the valve would be so fast with so little pain.  

 
 
 

"The doctor gave my family a “thumbs up” sign as he walked down the hall. They knew right away that I was going to be ok.”

 

Charles Rigg knew he had a thoracic aortic aneurysm. It was discovered in 2002 when he had routine CT scan before an appendectomy...

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"Since my surgery, I can do everything I did before I got atrial fibrillation"

 

Roberta Vischi was in her late thirties when she first experienced problems with atrial fibrillation (afib). Luckily, her afib abated until she was in her early forties...

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“I had heart surgery on Wednesday and went home on Friday. Amazing.”

 

For about six months, 58 year-old Stuart Katz had been coming home from work exhausted. He would work all day, arrive home and fall fast asleep for several hours. Despite a family history of...

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"My Amazing Maze"

 

I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation in January, 2003. A full battery of medical tests showed no heart disease, a normal sized left atrium and no other medical conditions...

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Having the surgery was the best thing I have ever done.

 

It had such a positive impact on the rest of my life. ...

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"Words are not enough to express my gratitude"

 

In 2003 at the age of 63, Harold (Harry) Walsh began waking up in the middle of the night with his heart racing. It would slow down after five to ten minutes...

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“The collaboration of the cardiac surgery and high risk pregnancy physicians was really incredible.”

 

Linnea Maye always ate well and exercised regularly. In the fall of 2004 she began to notice that from time to time she had some minor chest discomfort when exercising...

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Twenty years later, one patient’s letter to his heart transplant surgeon, Ed Lefrak, MD

 

Knowing that you are a busy man, I will not bore you with a blow-by-blow detailed account of the last 20 years of my life (although I could and they have been glorious). Not enough souls have received the precious gift of which I have been blessed...

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