Tag Archives: Cardiology

Powerful voices: Women’s heart disease survivors

October 24th, 2009 - 6:00 am

Participants at the 8th annual Science & Leadership Symposium — a joint effort by Mayo Clinic’s Women’s Heart Clinic and WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease – gained insight into their disease Oct. 10 through 14 in Rochester, … Continue reading →

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Michigan man’s care highlights Mayo’s culture, expertise

October 12th, 2009 - 6:00 am

Just days after being told he had a tumor inside his heart, Ron Reffitt Jr., of Elk Rapids, Mich., was on a medical airplane headed to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Gazing down at Lake Michigan on that beautiful sunny … Continue reading →

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Living the Dream – Part 4

September 25th, 2009 - 6:00 am

Darrin Nelson of Rochester, NY, wrote this blog entry on Sept. 1, 2009, the day after he was released from Mayo Clinic – St. Marys Hospital following minimally invasive heart surgery to repair his mitral valve. This is the final … Continue reading →

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Living the Dream – Part 3

September 23rd, 2009 - 6:00 am

Darrin Nelson of Rochester, NY, wrote this blog entry on Sept. 1, 2009, the day after he was released from Mayo Clinic – St. Marys Hospital following minimally invasive heart surgery to repair his mitral valve. This is the third … Continue reading →

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Living the Dream – Part 2

September 21st, 2009 - 6:00 am

Darrin Nelson of Rochester, NY, wrote this blog entry on Sept. 1, 2009, the day after he was released from Mayo Clinic – St. Marys Hospital following minimally invasive heart surgery to repair his mitral valve. This is the second … Continue reading →

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Living the Dream – Part 1

September 18th, 2009 - 6:00 am

Darrin Nelson of Rochester, NY, wrote this blog entry on Sept. 1, 2009, the day after he was released from Mayo Clinic – St. Marys Hospital following minimally invasive heart surgery to repair his mitral valve. This is the first … Continue reading →

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Date Night

June 26th, 2009 - 6:00 am

‘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 … Continue reading →

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Sinatra guy

June 19th, 2009 - 6:00 am

This particular morning, as I made my rounds, I knew I had to hold up my end of the deal as I approached the door of my last patient of the morning. I had not seen him for a few … Continue reading →

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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 →

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A Prom Promise Kept

May 9th, 2009 - 9:00 pm

As an 8-year-old girl from Michigan was headed into surgery for a heart transplant, she asked Mike Ackerman — a pediatric cardiology fellow at Mayo who was part of her care team — if she was going to live. Dr. … Continue reading →

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