Tag Archives: Heart & Heart Surgery

“You have been given a life sentence!”

April 14th, 2009 - 5:00 am

Editor’s Note: The following story is from Bob Dimler, a Mayo Clinic patient and participant in the “One Voice” program. I was told these words following a night in the ER where I received superior care/ treatment to determine if … Continue reading →

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

March 31st, 2009 - 6:00 am

Lynn Closway is a Public Affairs consultant at Mayo Clinic. 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 … Continue reading →

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Awash in a Lovely Red Sea

February 20th, 2009 - 6:00 am

As a woman with heart disease who works at Mayo, I arrived on Friday, Feb. 6, National Wear Red Day, and made my way through hallways and into elevators that were filled with people dressed in a rainbow of  shades … Continue reading →

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Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy – Bernyce’s Story

February 19th, 2009 - 6:00 am

The Internet makes it possible for Mayo Clinic to gather its worldwide community of 500,000 annual patients and 50,000 employees through Sharing Mayo Clinic. Disease-oriented patient groups likewise have formed online, where patients share their stories and offer support. The … Continue reading →

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Tanya’s Heart

January 20th, 2009 - 11:19 am

Update 1/26/09: ABC’s World News Tonight ran a story on Jan. 24 featuring Tanya. You can view and read it here. KSTP-TV (Minneapolis) and its sister station, KAAL (Austin-Rochester) carried a story yesterday about a woman from North Dakota who … Continue reading →

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Stories of the Heart

January 12th, 2009 - 9:03 pm

Mayo Clinic heart patients and family members returned to Mayo in Oct. 2008 to share stories of their care through a program called “Stories of the Heart: Through the Eyes of Our Patients.” Patients talked about their care at Mayo … Continue reading →

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