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Cardiovascular Diseases in Florida

Patient Stories

  • Rosalee Johns

    New Therapy Freezes Out Atrial Fibrillation

    Rosalee Johns says she has her life back thanks to a freezing therapy called cryoablation that restored her heartbeat to normal. In 2008, Johns, then age 67, was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, a condition in which the atria — the ...

  • Kirk Watson and his wife

    Rare treatment for rare disease: Triple transplant

    On June 14, 2011, after a 107-day wait in the hospital at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Kirk Watson, 44, received the news he'd been waiting for — a heart, liver and kidney were available for him. He would be ...

  • Mike Johnson

    Heart Valve Replacement Surgery

    I went to Mayo Clinic for heart valve replacement surgery on October 13th, was released on the 18th, and can only say excellent things about the: Surgeon Dr. Hartzell Schaff and his staff. The surgery and recovery went smoothly, I ...

  • Dave Hawley

    David Hawley: Overcoming Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

    What began as an isolated episode of shortness of breath and developed into symptoms of increasing fatigue in 2008, turned into an unexpected and serious medical condition for David Hawley, a retired hotel executive in Phoenix, Arizona. David Hawley received ...

  • Howard Snitzer

    96 minutes of CPR — and living to tell the tale

    Howard Snitzer will be the first to tell you he's a lucky man. "I just wish I'd won the lottery instead," he says, jokingly. But Snitzer knows his good fortune netted him something much more valuable: his life. Snitzer, a ...

  • WomenHeart Sisters

    The Heart of a Woman

    Written by heart attack survivor Susan Cardelli: Just last week was the 10th Anniversary of my heart attack—January 25, 2001—or as the medical community would call it "A Cardiac Event". Whenever I hear it referred to as a "cardiac event", ...

  • Naomi playing volleyball

    Naomi Atrubin, American Heart Association Heart and Stroke Hero winner award

    Naomi Atrubin of Rochester, Minnesota, is a two-time heart attack survivor. Not only is she a survivor, but she is also an active volunteer in the community, giving back to others through educating people she meets about heart disease. One ...

  • Kay and Ben Thiemann

    Mayo Clinic is my answer

    People often ask 22-year-veteran Kay Thiemann why she has stayed at Mayo Clinic for so many years. Her answer is simple: "Because we embrace our mission to put the needs of the patient first. And because we are committed to ...

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