Cardiovascular Patient Stories

Individuals from across the country travel to the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute to receive exceptional patient care and the most advanced treatments available.

Center for Atrial Fibrillation

• Christine Zastrow - Classic Maze Procedure 
• Brooke Lannert - Classic Maze Procedure
• Edward Haynor - Classic Maze Procedure
• Dahlia Emerson - Hybrid Maze Procedure
• Lawrence Desjarlais - Classic Maze Procedure

Center for Coronary Disease

• Daniel Hayes - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention & Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Edward Richardson - Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
• Al Winick - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention & Cardiac Rehabilitation
• Dale Youngkrantz - Percutaneous Coronary Intervention & Cardiac Rehabilitation

Center for Heart Failure

• Lindsay Ledford - Ventricular Assist Device & Heart Transplantation
• Melissa Simon - Heart Transplantation
• Anna Reiniesch - Heart Transplantation
• Gene Chapoton - Heart Transplantation

Center for Heart Valve Disease

• Joanne Kennedy & Laura McNamara - Heart Valve Replacement Surgeries
• Irvin Lafferty - Percutaneous Aortic Valve Replacement
• John (Jay) Marschall - Aortic Valve Replacement
• Chester Damron - Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair

Center for Vascular Disease

• Robert Castillo - Minimally Invasive Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
• Nicholas Maruszczak - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
• Richard Schmidt - Minimally Invasive Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
• Milton Kayle - Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair