Patient Story
‘One true cardiac emergency’
After a 10-hour surgery to repair arterial and heart damage, a vintage tank enthusiast is back on track.
After a 10-hour surgery to repair arterial and heart damage, a vintage tank enthusiast is back on track.
When life as Lucas Smith knew it ground to a halt due to an aortic dissection, it took a steady effort to start it up again.
Vietnam veteran Patrick Wilson, a former smoker, underwent surgery for lung cancer—only to learn he had an enlarged aorta, too.
When severe chest pain turned out to be an aortic dissection, Kim Lautner underwent a new procedure to repair the tear in her blood vessel.
Two years after a terrible car crash, Kathryn Dotas returns to the pediatric intensive care unit to thank the team that saved her life.