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cardiothoracic surgery

Patient Story

‘I love what I do’

Facing cancer a second time, a Muskegon hairstylist wanted a treatment that would help her get back to work quickly. Minimally invasive surgery made it possible.

Patient Story

‘I have most definitely won’

Major Miller turned 40 in June. A few months earlier, he received a new heart and renewed life.

Patient Story

‘I have my life back’

Kathy Hoseth battled inexplicable chest pains much of her life—until she finally found the cardiothoracic surgeon who could remedy her condition.

Patient Story

Doctors and their robots

Cancer survivor Caroline Laney learns firsthand how humans and machines are working together in the operating room.

Patient Story

Aurora’s whirlwind start

A little fighter beats all the odds to overcome congenital heart disease shortly after her birth.

Patient Story

‘I’ve been very fortunate’

Walter Sergeant lived with a heart murmur for years until a non-invasive heart procedure fixed his defective valve for good.

Patient Story

The miracle lady

With help from a mechanical device, Jennifer Devoe conquered life-threatening heart inflammation.

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‘Very thankful to be alive’

When Nancy Perry’s artificial heart valve failed, she got a new one―without open-heart surgery.

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A fixer receives the fix of a lifetime

Heart valve replacement gives David Ten Brink a new lease on life.

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‘I want to live. I want to see my grandkids grow up.’

Chuck Lesiewicz survives a burst aneurysm and thrives while in our team's care.