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Wedding Surprise: Heart Failure Patient Works with Mayo Team to Leave...

Andre Pearson, a heart failure patient who has been at Mayo Clinic since March, initially was too ill to leave the Rochester, Minn., hospital to go to his daughter’s wedding in California. He had...

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A Father’s Breaking Heart and A Wedding Surprise

There are many things in life parents don't want to miss: from a baby’s first words and first steps to high school prom and college graduations ... and of course weddings are another special...

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84-year-old patient reaches milestone on a left ventricular assist device

Gayle Wilkerson doesn’t accept hero status. Her care team at Mayo Clinic disagrees. At age 84, Gayle, holds the honor of living on a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) for 10 years. Those odds...

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Mayo Clinic Minute: How ventricular assist devices can help heart patients

For patients with severe heart failure that cannot be controlled with medicine, a pacemaker or other treatments, a ventricular assist device can be an option. Dr. Robert Scott, a Mayo Clinic...

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Mayo Clinic Minute: Heart patients helped by ventricular assist devices

For patients with severe heart failure that cannot be controlled with medicine, a pacemaker or other treatments, a ventricular assist device can be an option. Dr. Robert Scott, a Mayo Clinic...

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Healthy Lifestyle Doesn’t Always Eliminate Risk of Heart Disease

Sometimes even doing everything right to live a healthy lifestyle isn’t enough to ward off a serious illness. Such was the case of 67-year-old Donald Glynn of Jacksonville, Fla., an avid runner who has...

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Local Politician Doesn’t Skip a Beat With Mechanical Heart Pump

While Walter "Junior" Boatright was running for a second term as Nassau county commissioner in northeast Florida in November 2012, he started to feel winded. At first, he chalked it up to getting...

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A new heart and a renewed zest for life

Whether it was working around the home or out hiking the trails, Steven Fietek says he has always been active. But when Steven turned 52, he started to notice shortness of breath. "Slowly but surely,...

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