Stories of Gratitude
Read the inspiring stories from the people who tell it best – patients.
Roger Olson: Chronic Total Occlusion
Roger found relief from his chest pain after a successful procedure to open a long-standing blockage in a coronary artery.
Natasha Karn: Familial Hypercholesterolemia
Natasha had a heart attack when 36 weeks pregnant and was diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a family-based genetic disorder.
The Anderson Siblings: Hypertension
The Anderson siblings participated in a clinical trial exploring a new minimally-invasive, catheter-based procedure that may lower blood pressure.
Dennis Hudson: Cardiac Valve
Dennis underwent a transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR) as part of MHIF’s research on the investigational Tendyne Mitral Valve System.
Jamie Dockendorf: Congenital Heart Defect
Jamie was 31 weeks pregnant when she needed to give birth via C-section and simultaneously undergo open-heart valve replacement surgery.
Jack Henrich: Hypertension
Jack participated in a clinical study evaluating an investigational procedure that could potentially reduce his need for blood pressure medications.
Robin Asbell: Congenital Heart Defect
Robin learned she had a fairly rare congenital heart condition called Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, which impacts the heart’s electrical signals.
Deb Jellinger: Hypertension
Deb participated in a new blood pressure treatment study to see if she could reduce the need to take medication.
Bob Webster: COPD
Robert (Bob) Webster of Lafayette, Minn., doesn’t remember the helicopter ride from Allina Health’s New Ulm Medical Center (NUMC) to Allina’s Abbott Northwestern Hospital (ANW) in Minneapolis, about 90 miles away. In fact, he really doesn’t remember anything at all...
Any Gift, Big or Small, has a Significant Impact on People’s Lives