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Confusion About Preventative Use of Aspirin Could Have Potentially Harmful Consequences for Heart Attack Survivors

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Aspirin has been in the news a lot lately, and it has been very confusing for some patients. Updated guidelines that were released earlier this year state that aspirin should…

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Like Mother, Like Daughter

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By Amy Suson “You’ll likely never have children.” I had heard those words repeatedly growing up. Being born with severe tricuspid valve stenosis, transposition of the great arteries, hypoplastic right…

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The Best Investment I Ever Made

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By Robert Mosner My name is Robert Mosner; I was born in June 1955. When I finished college in 1977 my first job was in the BioMedical department at Union…

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The Ca-Thump

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Branching Point By Jen Chavez 10-2-17 It’s hard to know when it started. It may have always been there. Always there, but undetected. To say I barely noticed it isn’t…

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The New Mended Hearts and Mended Little Hearts Membership Experience

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Recently Mended Hearts and Mended Little Hearts announced the creation of brand new membership levels.  Our goal in doing so is to transform the membership experience to make it more…

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A Heart Patient Fights for His Health

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By: Scott Eitman In 1988, at the age of 24, I had just taken my first job after graduating from Indiana University. I wasn’t feeling well and made an appointment…

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My Miraculous Open Heart Surgery

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By David Weinfurtner My battle against heart problems began when I was a child.  At the age of five, I had a convulsion and passed out. My doctor in a…

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Lessons of the Heart

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  By Jennifer Snead Chavez I suffered a heart attack three years ago. Well, suffered is the word people seem to use most often, but it doesn’t really describe my…

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Hospital Hacks

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  By Lindsay Davis I want to preface this article by stating that I find scars to be a beautiful thing that no one should be ashamed of. I wear…

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Medicare Guide to Heart Disease

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  By Danielle Kunkle Roberts The term “heart disease” encompasses a variety of conditions that can affect your heart, including coronary heart disease, muscle weakness in the wall of your…

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