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Cardiovascular Diseases in Arizona

Patient Stories

  • Bobbie Sofia

    Incredible Journey: Surviving an Incurable Disease

    "Couldn't breathe, gasping for air," is how Bobbie Sofia describes the first sign that something was wrong. In 2007, Bobbie Sofia and her husband, Sam, traveled to San Antonio, Texas from their home of almost forty years in Lake Havasu ...

  • Lindsay Engelstad

    A Family Member's Point of View

    By Lindsay Engelstad I was not a patient at the Mayo Clinic Hospital, but my mother was. Prior to her going into the hospital, I always hear people say "Go to the Mayo Clinic it is the best place to be ...

  • 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 ...

  • Jack Stiehl

    How Jack Stiehl got a second birthday – thanks to a VAD

    Jack Stiehl, 71, Sun City West, Ariz., was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2004. He had difficulty breathing and was easily winded. In 2007, with ever worsening symptoms, Stiehl recalls his local physician saying he was out of options; ...

  • Date Night

    'Date Night' Takes on New Meaning for Heart Patient at Mayo Clinic in Arizona It would be hard to ignore the elephant in the room. This "elephant" happens to be the 400-pound artificial heart machine that is keeping alive a ...

  • Adrian Fernandez

    Mayo Patient/Race Car Driver Scores Big Wins for Heart Health and at Sebring

    Generally when the heart of Adrian Fernandez is beating at a frenetic pace, he's behind the wheel of a race car, and a highly trained and loyal pit crew is waiting around the next turn of the track to spring ...

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