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...
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Aug 25, 20161 min read
Ken’s Memorial Journey
Last year–after a long, brave journey–our friend Ken Iovino received his new heart. This is the amazing video that chronicles “Ken’s...
Aug 2, 20161 min read
Living with an Artificial Heart
The following video is from the “Great Big Story” Facebook page. Andrew Jones is a fitness model who runs, lifts and trains with the...
May 27, 20167 min read
SURVIVOR STORY: Mike Ashworth
Name: Mike Ashworth Location: Warwick, RI Profession: Soccer coach; retired insurance broker Diagnosis: Heart failure / renal failure...
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...
Apr 7, 20152 min read
When You Feel All Alone
There were times when I felt I just couldn’t go on anymore. It was a long road in the hospital and after months I became depressed and...
Feb 7, 20152 min read
Road to an LVAD
How do you get to a place where you need a left ventricular assist device (LVAD)? Everyone’s story is slightly different. Below is my...
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,...
Oct 22, 20141 min read
Putting on Sterile Gloves
One of the most fearful points in my husband’s battle with Congestive Heart Failure is when they implanted a Left Ventricular Assist...
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...
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