Mar 23, 2023
After a year-long deployment, Kassandra Benson returned home and started having symptoms that led to several diagnoses, including heart failure and heart valve disease.
Mar 21, 2023
Dr. Michelle Aurelius immediately went from examining a 40-year-old woman who'd died of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome to the emergency room down the street.
Mar 15, 2023
Having untreated high blood pressure had wreaked havoc on Richard Horton's blood vessels, leading to two strokes that left him fighting to overcome paralysis.
Mar 14, 2023
LeeAnn Walton of New York City never gave up after four years of gains and setbacks in her stroke recovery.
Mar 10, 2023
When Amy Burnett of Austin, Texas, couldn't talk or move her left side, her wife had to convince paramedics to take her to a stroke center.
Mar 7, 2023
In 2007, Rick Mater of Los Angeles had a massive heart attack. Five years later – at age 64 – he ran a trail through the Grand Canyon. The following year, he did it again.
Mar 2, 2023
After surgery to fix a myocardial bridge, Stacy Beckly of California left nursing to pursue her passion for acting.
Feb 27, 2023
Mark Wangrin of Austin, Texas, had a cardiac arrest while working out. After nine days in a coma, he woke up and got a defibrillator implanted in his chest.
Feb 23, 2023
Mike Button of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, went into cardiac arrest while working in his home office. His wife, Stephanie, saw it happen and quickly started CPR.
Feb 21, 2023
Only after Erin Kidwell of Dallas passed out while running did she learn that giving birth to her third child could be life-threatening.