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Understanding Aortic Valve Disease

Your heart works tirelessly, beating roughly 100,000 times a day to keep blood moving through your body. At the center of this incredible process is the aortic valve. It acts as the main gatekeeper...

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Surviving a Widow Maker Heart Attack

Retired social worker, Jodi Kennedy, suffered a “widow maker” heart attack at age 64. Occurring when a major artery in the heart is blocked, the widow maker is all too often fatal.  Two weeks earlier, on a routine...