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SURVIVOR STORY: AUDREY LLOYD
A Second Chance at Life: Audrey’s Journey with Danon’s Disease and a Donor Heart Audrey’s journey with heart disease began early. At just...
Sep 26, 20243 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Lenny Boisson
Survivor Story of Lenny Buisson whose mission is to ensure other heart failure patients know there's life after diagnosis
Mar 25, 20242 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Michelle Keyes
For Michelle Keyes, Every Day Since Her Heart Transplant Has Been a Blessing December 12, 2023 If you ask Michelle Keyes about her...
Dec 12, 20233 min read
June Patient Support Group Recap: Exciting news, new medicines & hope
Big news kicked-off the HeartBrothers support group’s June meeting: one of the participants just passed the one-year post-heart...
Jun 21, 20232 min read
Survivor Story: Tommy Hardiman
Tommy Hardiman has always been on the move. Whether running his business, traveling with his wife, or hitting the golf course, he lives...
Jun 16, 20232 min read
HBF Heart Failure Awareness Webinar: End-stage Mitigation, Transplantation & Organ Donation
The latest webinar in the HeartBrothers Foundation’s Heart Failure Awareness Campaign featured Dr. Michael Givertz, director of the Heart...
May 31, 20233 min read
Support group for heart failure patients 'makes a big difference' for patients, loved ones
When HeartBrother Hamid Mahdavy went through his life-changing journey of undergoing a heart transplant back in 2016, he really needed to...
May 22, 20232 min read
MGH Cardiologist Shares Important Information about Heart Failure
Heart Failure Awareness Webinar Series: Part 1 Recap By Leigh Blander As part of its heart failure awareness campaign, the HeartBrothers...
Mar 13, 20234 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Mark Cibulski
After 2nd Heart Transplant, Mark Cibulski Is Ready To Play Ball... Mark Cibulski is training to take the field this baseball season, just...
Feb 21, 20232 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Tom Bull
There is a whole new world on the other side of transplant. Tom Bull has had a remarkable life, and he’s only 50 years old.
Sep 20, 20225 min read
Patient Support Group: HEART FAILURE Patients Share Stories & Advice
From hospital rooms & living rooms across the east coast, Heart Failure patients tuned in for the HeartBrothers Patient Support Group
Sep 16, 20223 min read
NEWS: A fatal Crash & A Second Chance for Hamid Mahdavy
The Keene Sentinel By: Paul Cuno-Booth / Contributing Writer || Mar 5, 2022 After years of worsening heart disease, Mahdavy was so weak...
Mar 23, 20227 min read
NEWS: WBUR Boston RADIO
Interview with HeartBrother Kyree Miller TRANSCRIPTION: The American Heart Association finds black Americans are 50% more likely to...
Feb 25, 20221 min read
In The News: New Life for Donor Hearts Normally Deemed Off-Limits for Transplant
Early data on those looking outside traditional brain-dead donor pool Transmedics reporting good short-term clinical outcomes for DCD...
Dec 21, 20214 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Tina Foster
“You Have to Keep the Faith” Just a few months after noticing shortness of breath and swelling in her legs, Tina Foster was told she...
Dec 10, 20212 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Ed Sarno
Cancer and Heart Transplant Survivor Gives Back with HeartBrothers House: ‘You’ve got to be a fighter’...
Sep 9, 20213 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Hamid Mahdavy
Name: Hamid Mahdavy Location: Wilbraham, MA (The Berkshires) Diagnosis: Left Ventricular...
Jun 29, 20213 min read
New Organ Care System is Revolutionizing Transplants and Saving Lives
New Organ Care System is Revolutionizing Transplants and Saving Lives Glenn Rockwood expected a long, frightening wait for a new heart;...
May 21, 20212 min read
Transplant Patients & COVID Vaccination
To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate? That is the Question… By: Pat Sullivan | Co-Founding Survivor, The HeartBrothers Foundation Recently,...
May 21, 20213 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Glenn Rockwood
Name: Glenn Rockwood Location: Albany, NY Diagnosis: Cardiomyopathy (40s) Transplanted: ...
Mar 2, 20212 min read
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