Hello friends. My name is Stacy Sydenham. On June 7, 2019, not only did the baseball player, Big Poppy get shot while in Costa Rica...

Diagnosed with Marfan at age 9 in 1972, life expectancy was around 40 years at that time. There were no CT scans or MRIs or even...

My Story "My Family’s Struggle with Aortic, Heart and Cardiovascular Diseases" Since 2005 my family has undertaken the mission of family...

This story is the experience I had when I suffered a type B aortic dissection in June of 2018. It’s not a complete story, because many...

My name is Stephanie. I’m an oncology pharmacy technician, I mix chemotherapy IV’s, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in...

Jan Selvar 2/9/2021 You can’t make this shit up!!! I sell real estate in Seattle. I am 57 years old and a fifth generation Seattleite....

Aortic Dissection Survivor Suzy Meyer Page explains her 20 year journey with Aortic Dissection

My story involves many “by chances” and miracles. My Marfan's diagnosis was a “by chance” moment when I had my first son at his...

This is my story of surviving a Type B Thoracic Descending Aortic Dissection that was initially misdiagnosed before it was discovered by...

Name: Maria Victoria C. Romero Age: 49 years old From: Manila, Philippines Under: Asian Heart Foundation Survivor of: Ascending Arch...

It was 2003 late afternoon, and I was cycling with a friend. I think we chatted more than cycled. The previous year I had been diagnosed...

I have a patient experience that I need to share. In sharing, I hope that at least one other person visiting an Emergency Department with...

Hello fellow survivors! I am Tammy Warner and my story began 18 months ago when I survived a Type A aortic dissection. I had always led...

10 year survivor story.

Hi, I am a 51 year old male, married with 3 kids who is currently diagnosed with ascending aortic aneurysm in excess of 5 cm. I was...

My name is Matthew Weingartner. I am 32 years old and live in Long Island, New York. In 2006, after a failed EKG during my college...

Emergency It was Tuesday, August 2, 2016. I was 55 at the time and in fair to good health. Or, at least like most people, I thought I...