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Apr 22, 20161 min read

Brazilian Billionaire Dug His Bentley A Grave To Benefit Organ Donation

Amazing! When the day finally arrived, he did not, in fact, bury his car. Instead, he made a grand media statement on what was the first...

Feb 13, 20161 min read

Heart In A Box

A Breakthrough in Heart Preservation The World’s Only Portable Heart Perfusion System TransMedics developed the OCS™ HEART system to...

Feb 5, 20166 min read

SURVIVOR STORY: Shalah McDonough

Name: Shalah McDonough Location: Chelmsford, MA Diagnosis: Cardiomyopathy, January 2004, Age 21 Transplanted: July 1, 2015, Age 32 Time...

Sep 17, 20151 min read

Role of heart-assist devices shifts as technology, management improve

From the Houston Chronicle Dr. Brian Bruckner, left, a heart transplant surgeon, and Dr. Jerry Estep, cardiologist, display two versions...

Sep 11, 20151 min read

The HeartBrothers at Tufts Medical Center

To say Pat Sullivan and Bob Romer are bonded for life would be an understatement. Recent heart transplant recipients at Tufts MC’s Heart...

Aug 31, 20153 min read

WHAT DID I DO ?

When I was actively going through the ordeal of HF/LVAD/Transplant and sketchy recovery, I fell into the trap of questioning my Higher...

Jun 30, 20151 min read

HeartBrothers at HFSA Quality Care Task Force Initiative

On June 8, 2015, The HeartBrothers Foundation was invited to participate in the first Quality Care Task Force Initiative of the Heart...

May 29, 20151 min read

HeartBrothers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Pictured above : from left to right Alan Kono MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Pat Sullivan, Bob Romer, David DeNofrio MD, Tufts...

Apr 1, 20151 min read

Ablation cuts AF recurrence 2.5-fold vs. amiodarone in heart failure

SAN DIEGO – Catheter ablation proved superior to amiodarone for treatment of persistent atrial fibrillation in patients with systolic...

Dec 19, 20141 min read

HeartBrothers Foundation receives grant from CareDX

http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2014/12/12/691015/10112240/en/CareDx-Presents-HeartBrothers-Foundation-with-a-Grant-to-Support-...

Dec 9, 20141 min read

From the Boston Globe: New tech helping heart patients

Read the article here: New tech helping heart patients or download the PDF

Nov 19, 20141 min read

Be a Better Patient

During my long stay in the hospital I had a mini epiphany, I realized that the best thing I could do to help the caregivers and myself,...

Nov 5, 201410 min read

SURVIVOR STORY: Greg Hampton

However, just days prior to the first game of the year at BC, a scrimmage against the ’94 US Olympic team, my world came to a screeching...

Sep 2, 20142 min read

Attitude Is Everything

I found that the troubles I experienced during my eleven plus months in the hospital, and there were many, exhausted my ability to remain...

Aug 15, 20141 min read

Symptoms of Heart Failure

Heart Failure, also known as, Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) is a progressive condition. I remember when my husband was first diagnosed...

Jul 24, 20142 min read

Surviving a Long Hospital Stay

If someone had told you that you are going to spend almost 12 months in the hospital, your first reaction would be to say “NO WAY!” I...

May 13, 20146 min read

SURVIVOR STORY: Steve Maskell

By Bob Romer – Steve is one of those quick-witted people you meet who seems to have an aura of calmness about him. Even hooked up to a...

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