{"id":20190,"date":"2015-12-31T12:58:59","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T17:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/?p=20190"},"modified":"2026-05-24T18:52:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:52:48","slug":"top-10-heart-valve-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2015\/12\/31\/top-10-heart-valve-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Heart Valve Stories of 2015!"},"content":{"rendered":"

2015 was another amazing year for our community!<\/p>\n

As we prepare to enter 2016, I thought it might be helpful (and fun) to look back at the stories that inspired us, educated us and moved us to share our heart valve experiences.<\/p>\n

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10. The Heart Valve Summit\u00a0Gets Big Applause<\/h2>\n

In October, we were very lucky to attend the Heart Valve Summit, a special conference where 500+ surgeons, cardiologists, nurses, and medical professionals gather to discuss the latest therapies to treat heart valve disease. When we posted several pictures from the 3-day event in Chicago, our community quickly responded with appreciation and thankfulness as 950+ people ‘Liked’ our photos at Facebook. To see the photos, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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9. Linda Returns To Her Garden!<\/h2>\n

There is nothing better than a great patient success story. So, in February, our video team traveled to Indianapolis, Indiana to meet Linda Kincaid and her daughter, Kristen. This educational video was sponsored by the Alliance for Aging Research which recently launched LivingWithValveDisease.0rg<\/a>, a new website for\u00a0seniors with heart valve disease.\u00a0Upon\u00a0posting Linda’s video<\/a>,\u00a0this wonderful story racked up over 1,000 Facebook Likes. (Fyi, Linda’s surgery was performed by Dr. Marc Gerdisch<\/a>.)<\/p>\n