Click on the links below to read about stories from Cleveland Clinic patients who have had life-changing treatments at the Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute:
Arrhythmia
- Heart Device Protects Man From Strokes
- Leadless Pacemakers Are Minimizing Problems for Patients
- Sudden Cardiac Death Patient Celebrates Re-birthday Every Year
- A Quick Save Protects Hockey Player with Heart Syndrome (Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW)
Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure
- Second Opinion Saves Heart Patient
- Heart Patient Stranded in Flood Gets Help Just in Time
- Man Walks 357 Miles From Ohio To White House One Year After Heart Transplant>
- Meet The Transplant Recipient With Same Heart for 30 Years
- Teen Makes Sports Comeback After Infection Causes Heart to Stop Beating (Myocarditis)
- After 100 Days in the Hospital, Heart Transplant Recipient Celebrates 21st Birthday
Congenital Heart Disease
- Family Travels 4,000 Miles from Peru for Child's Lifesaving Surgery (Congenital Heart)
- Boy Who Had Hole in His Heart Celebrates First Birthday
- Family Turns to Cleveland Clinic for Children's Heart Surgeries
Coronary Artery Disease
Heart Disease and Pregnancy
- Routine Ultrasound Identifies Fetal Heart Condition During Pregnancy
- A Heartbeat from Losing Her Baby
Pericarditis
Valve Disease
- High-risk Patient Benefits From New Minimally Invasive Heart Valve Surgery
- Mom is One of First Patients to Receive New Heart Valve
- Family Finds Way from Nigeria to Cleveland for Heart Care
- Collaboration Between Heart, Lung and Infectious Disease Specialists Helps Patient Breathe a Little Easier
- Couple Married 64 Years Undergoes Same Treatment for Same Heart Condition (TAVR)