Hear from our patients below. Click on their photo or name to read their story.
 | “There was a pain under my shoulder blade that radiated into my back. Since I have a family history of heart attack, I thought for sure I was headed for one.” |
 | "I was 46—feeling perfectly healthy and about to give a talk at a business meeting—when I fell to the floor in cardiac arrest." |
 | "At the local hospital, they told me I had high blood pressure and a blocked carotid artery. But it wasn’t until I got to Johns Hopkins that I learned I had something even worse: dissection of my ascending aorta." |
 | "Fortunately, my Johns Hopkins heart surgeon was able to give me a biventricular pacemaker using minimally invasive robotic surgery." |
 | "I was born with the heart defect called tetralogy of Fallot, which was surgically corrected when I was 3." |
 | "It’s a very scary thing when you have to go into the emergency room with chest pains. You want people who are thinking on a higher level." |
 | "My surgeon, cardiologist and primary care doctor worked together on my follow up. I’m doing rehab three days a week, and am feeling terrific." |
 | "For me, it was easier than having a baby. I had a short hospital stay, and the only healing was a small cut under my breast." |
