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March 22, 2019

Pat Sullivan’s Survivor Story – “A New Mission in Life”

Name:                    Patrick J. Sullivan Location:              Northboro, MA Profession:          Co-Founder, HeartBrothers Foundation Diagnosis:            Congestive Heart Failure, 1993 (Age 38) Transplanted:    November 21, 2012 (Age … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heart Transplants, LVADs, Survivor Stories Tagged With: atrial fibrillation, CardioVersion, CHF, Co-Founder, congestive heart failure, Heart Transplant, Heart Transplant Survivor, ICD, Implanted Defibrillator, Left Ventricular Assist Device, LVAD, Pat Sullivan, stent, Survivor Story, Tufts Medical Center

August 25, 2016

Ken’s Memorial Journey

Ken Iovino Heart Transplant

Last year--after a long, brave journey--our friend Ken Iovino received his new heart. This is the amazing video that chronicles "Ken's Memorial Journey" by the talented folks at Memorial Hospital (who also saved his life). Ken, you are an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, LVADs Tagged With: Enrique Gongora, Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, HeartBrothers, Ken Iovino, LVAD, MD, Memorial Healthcare System, Memorial Hospital

August 2, 2016

Living with an Artificial Heart

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 best. Only difference? He doesn't have a pulse. He built his incredible physique off a battery-powered artificial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heart Failure, LVADs Tagged With: AJFitness, Andrew Jones, Artificial Heart, Great Big Story, Heart Failure

May 27, 2016

Mike Ashworth’s Survivor Story

Mike Ashworth

Name: Mike Ashworth Location: Warwick, RI Profession: Soccer coach; retired insurance broker Diagnosis: Heart failure / renal failure Transplanted: September 13, 2014 Time on Transplant List: 5 years   Mike Ashworth Survivor Story: The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, LVADs, Survivor Stories, Team HeartBrothers Tagged With: Bethany Augostoni, congestive heart failure, Dan Levine, David DeNofrio, Duc Pham, Edward Keating, ejection fraction, George Cooper, Heart Transplant, Kenneth Warner, Kent Hospital, Life Vest, LVAD, MD, Mike Ashworth, MRI, Rhode Island Hospital, Survivor Story, Team HeartBrothers, Tufts Medical Center, Vincent Yakavonis

September 17, 2015

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

From the Houston Chronicle Six years ago, Brenda Mays was in and out of the hospital with heart failure so often that all the nurses knew her by name. "I would go to the hospital on a Monday and get out on a Friday, and Sunday night, I was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heart Failure, LVADs, News Tagged With: Heart Failure, News

September 11, 2015

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 Failure and Cardiac Transplant Center, their extended, intertwining sagas are analogous to Frodo and Sam’s quest … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, Home Page News 2, LVADs Tagged With: Bob Romer, Pat Sullivan

August 31, 2015

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 Power’s decisions about me. I could pull myself out of these morose meanderings of my feeble mind, but, not always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, LVADs

April 7, 2015

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 just felt like throwing in the towel. Thankfully, I had a great support team in my wife and son and so many friends … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heart Transplants, LVADs

February 7, 2015

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 story, when you have a chance share your story with us. My cardiologists finally convinced me that I needed to go … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LVADs

December 19, 2014

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-Heart-Transplant-Education-and-Patient-Support-in-New-England.html … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Heart Failure, Heart Transplants, LVADs Tagged With: Heart Failure, Heart Transplant, LVAD

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Our Co-Founders’ Survivor Story – The Original HeartBrothers

*Original story on the Tufts Medical Center website - 09/08/2015.* To say Pat Sullivan and Bob Romer are bonded for life would be an understatement. Recent heart transplant recipients at Tufts MC’s … Read more

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