‘I’m taking good care of it’
After receiving a heart transplant, Gordon Love, 70, brings gratitude to every sunrise.
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- October 4, 2022
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‘Couldn’t have been placed in better hands’
When a cardiac arrest knocked Mark Erickson off his bike, the perfect passerby saved his life.
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- September 17, 2021
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‘I have most definitely won’
Major Miller turned 40 in June. A few months earlier, he received a new heart and renewed life.
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- August 27, 2021
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‘It was incredible’
A groundbreaking aortic valve replacement procedure made one man's third heart surgery a whole new experience.
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- June 30, 2021
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- December 30, 2019
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The vestiges of war
Vietnam veteran Patrick Wilson, a former smoker, underwent surgery for lung cancer—only to learn he had an enlarged aorta, too.
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- November 11, 2019
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4 before 40
Jeremy VerVeer suffered his first heart attack at age 25. He then survived three more by age 38.
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- May 10, 2019
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‘I think I’m having a heart attack’
David Eck thought he was in the clear after surviving a heart attack miles offshore in the Gulf Coast. But years later, fear returned.
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- January 31, 2018
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‘Do I need to call 911? Are you OK?’
Retired police officer Ike VanHorn reclaims his life with bypass surgery and cardiac rehab.
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- April 28, 2017
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Warm hearts on a cold night
When Janice Covey found her husband barely breathing on the side of a cold and snowy road, she didn't know what to expect.
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- March 5, 2017
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‘Very thankful to be alive’
When Nancy Perry’s artificial heart valve failed, she got a new one―without open-heart surgery.
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- February 13, 2017
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Pill-sized pacemaker: ‘It’s mind-boggling’
An 86-year-old man becomes the first to get the revolutionary new device in West Michigan.
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- November 16, 2016
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