Tag Archives: 4254

Heart repair doesn’t slow baseball player for long

November 1st, 2011 - 9:19 am

Austin Adamson, 19, was a day away from having heart surgery that would require a median sternotomy – “cracking open” the sternum (breastbone) to reach the heart – when he learned he was a candidate for a less-invasive procedure at … Continue reading →

By stacytheobald | Posted in Cardiology & Cardiac Surgery | Tagged 4254, 5252, 5306, 5335, atrial septal defect, Austin Adamson, Harold Burkhart, MD | Comments (6)

Abby’s Heart Surgery Story

June 9th, 2009 - 1:40 pm

Here’s a note we received this week from Kathryn Kuhlmann, the mother of a Mayo Clinic pediatric patient: My daughter, Abby, who is 11, had heart surgery at Mayo on May 29, and she recorded a short video tour … Continue reading →