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cath lab

Scheduled for a heart catheterization?

Here's what you should know before you go—and what to expect during your procedure.

Patient Story

‘His time is not finished on this earth’

Newlywed Mark Hagbom survives 'widow-maker' thanks to seamless transition from CPR to cath lab to open heart surgery.

Patient Story

A fixer receives the fix of a lifetime

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

Keeping the beat

The constant lub-dub of our heartbeat is something that many of us take for granted.

Patient Story

‘Larry, you stay alive. Technology will catch up.’

Larry Korf had a blocked artery, and bypass surgery wasn't in the cards. So he took his doctor's advice and stuck around.

When heart rhythms go haywire

Electrophysiologists are there to diagnose and manage your ticker's electrical problems.

Patient Story

Have chest pain? ‘Wait and see’ won’t cut it

You can rationalize all you want when it comes to weird symptoms, but that stubbornness could kill you. Just ask Frank Stanley.

Patient Story

Ron Avery’s 30-mile relay race

See how our coordinated regional heart attack care network springs into action.

A world-wide medical first

West Michigan woman receives newly developed heart device.