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    Bypass Patient Grateful for His Winning Team

    Dan Ryan is a competitive person with an abiding appreciation for sports. So, when he refers to Anthony Caffarelli, M.D., as the “Tom Brady” of heart surgeons, the analogy commands attention. “It is pretty cool that you’re excited that the guy is going to give you a quintuple bypass,” said Dan, 59, who recently underwent … Read More

  • Heart & Vascular

    Cardiac Patient Grateful for Hoag Staff’s ‘Heart’

    “I thought my stents were clogged. I didn’t know my heart was worse,” he said. “I woke up in the recovery room, and I found out I got a cardiac defibrillator put in, and I just broke down, crying. I was the last person in the department, and Cyndi just pulled up a chair and held my hand. It was probably the end of her shift, but she said, ‘I can sit with you for a while. I am not going to leave you.’ There are no words that can describe how much that meant to me.”

  • Heart & Vascular

    A Marfan Syndrome Patient Finds Confidence, Gratitude at Hoag

    “Just knowing my son would be under the care of this amazing dream team of doctors was like winning the medical lottery!” said Lisa.

  • Heart & Vascular

    Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Patient ‘Good as New’

    “I wake up and I’m on the fifth floor, looking out at the blue ocean and sailboats,” he said. “I felt like, ‘This is Heaven.’”

  • Heart & Vascular

    Robert Blayden Calls TAVR 'A Gift'

    “I am fortunate that my primary care doctor referred me to Dr. Myla and that he was aware of TAVR. His skill sets enabled me to go through this procedure,” he said. “I have had a win-win with good medical support.”

  • Heart & Vascular

    After 10 Years, David Feels His TAVR Procedure Was a Lucky Break

    “Hoag has always been a place I felt confident in. It is leading-edge in terms of their facility and their specialists. This is not a university medical center, but it has built a reputation around its quality and innovative care.”

  • Heart & Vascular

    Stu News Publisher Has a New Appreciation for Hoag

    “Hoag is an extraordinary place. Their doctors are the best in the business, and their programs are nationally renowned.”

  • Heart & Vascular

    Sean Porter is Living Proof that Hoag Heals Heart to Heart

    It was a very difficult time but it felt like we had the best people in the world working on him. I am so grateful to Hoag that they not only took care of him, but our entire family. They treated all of us like we were all part of a family.

  • Heart & Vascular

    Genetic Heart Disease & the Importance of a Heart Healthy Life

    “I would never go anywhere other than Hoag because the care you receive there is so substantially different than any other hospital,” Gary Leibowitz said. “You get the sense that the nurses and physicians love what they do.”