Adam's Updates Blog – Page 6

Dear Patients and Friends,

Did you know that heart disease is the number one killer of women causing 1 in 3 deaths each year? And, did you know that cardiovascular disease kills more women than all forms of cancer combined and yet only 44% of women recognize that cardiovascular disease is their greatest health threat?

[January 21, 2022 Update: Great News! The "Advances in Aortic Valve & Aneurysm Surgery" webinar with Penn Medicine was a wonderful and very interactive session with over 700 patient registrations. You can now watch the webinar video playback at this link.]

Dear Patients & Friends

I am happy to share that 15 years ago today HeartValveSurgery.com launched.

Dear Patients and Friends,

[Update: Great News! The "Advances in Mitral Valve Surgery" webinar with Dr. Chikwe from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Wendy Spector, a recent mitral valve repair patient, was a wonderful and very interactive session with over 350 patient registrations. You can now watch the webinar video playback at this link.]

Dear Patients and Friends,

There's no doubt about it. What I love most about HeartValveSurgery.com is the special opportunity to meet and help patients from all over the world.

On behalf of our patient community... Many thanks to Drs. Badhwar, Chikwe, El-Hamamsy, Khan, Shemin and Stelzer for showing their wonderful support of HeartValveSurgery.com. As you can see below, each of these heart valve experts is wearing our new scrub caps around their hospitals.

Together, we have seen a lot of great heart valve animations and videos over the years. I have to admit... The 3D animation of the heart beating below could be one of the best. The animation really provides a complete context of the heart beating, the heart valves opening and the heart valves closing.

It is with a BIG smile on my face that I am posting these words.

I'm a bit addicted to our Peloton.

Dear Patients & Friends,

[Update: With over 600 patient registrations, the "5 Myths of Heart Valve Surgery" webinar was fantastic. You can now watch the "5 Myths of Heart Valve Surgery" webinar video or download the free eBook at this link.]

On behalf of our global heart valve community, I want to thank Medtronic, one of the world's largest medical companies and a leading heart valve manufacturer, for the special invitation to speak at the upcoming American College of Cardiology's 70th Annual Scientific Session & Expo!!!

Many, many, many thanks to Josh Nowack for sending me this wonderful "I'm Back" recovery t-shirt!

Big news!!!

If you didn't know... Today is National Heart Valve Disease Awareness Day!

On Heart Valve Day, we're helping raise awareness and educate the world about heart valve disease. For that reason, here are two new insightful articles to help patients learn about important and timely topics specific to heart valve disease.