Issue:
Heart Disease and Stroke Research
16 Jan 2013
Richard Veilleux, Maine
In March 1980 I was expecting a visit from my Mom and Dad. Instead, I got a phone call from my brother telling me that my Dad had suffered a heart attack. That was the first of several cardiac problems...
1 Nov 2012
Kim Landreth
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22 Oct 2012
Advocate Spotlight: Gail Harris-Berry
Gail Harris-Berry Maryland In June of 2011, I had near-death heart episode that doctors declared “I wouldn’t survive.” My family was called in allowed to say “good-bye.” Having had a cardio-catherization, released from the hospital 6 hrs. later. While resting...
3 Oct 2012
Share Your Story: Pamela Dell
Pamela, Idaho For me heart disease is a family affair. My mother, brother and I are all living with Idiopathic Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis. After my diagnosis in 2000, I was given an induced heart-attack via alcohol ablation, followed one year...
17 Sep 2012
Share Your Story: Danielle Hammons
Danielle Hammons, Nevada My sister had her first open heart surgery at 21 years old. She was told that she would need to have one of her valves replaced with a mechanical valve. The doctor went on to explain that...
17 Sep 2012
Share Your Story: Phil Pomeroy
Phil Pomeroy, Arizona My mom, Jane Pomeroy, had always been the epitome of health. She played golf regularly and walks religiously around her neighborhood. One day she could not quite get words out the way she wanted. A series of...
17 Sep 2012
Share Your Story: Emery Miller
Emery Miller, Arizona Emery would not be alive today without lifesaving heart research and that’s why he has become a veteran advocate at such a young age. He was diagnosed with a hole in his heart, arrhythmia and a weak...
17 Sep 2012
Len Wallace, Connecticut
I was born in 1982 with a rare congenital heart defect known as an endocardial cushion defect with a hypoplastic left ventricle. In laymen’s terms, I was born with a weakened left ventricle which would take a pulmonary banding in...
17 Sep 2012
Share Your Story: Amy Wolfe
Amy Wolfe Massachusetts Amy Wolfe is a stay at home mother of 3 wonderful children; Allison, Andrew, and Ryan. Her oldest child, Allison, was born in 1999 with a very severe form of heart disease called Tetralogy of Fallot. In...
17 Sep 2012
Stephen Cook, New York
Dr. Stephen Cook, MD, MPH, is dual trained in pediatric and adult-internal medicine. After completing his residency and a chief resident year in Buffalo NY, he joined the Golisano Children's Hospital at URMC in 2001. He completed an academic pediatric...