❤️🫀𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧. 𝗔. 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗧𝗛. 🫀❤️ As #AorticDiseaseAwarenessMonth comes to a close, all of us at Aortic Hope want to say one very important thing: 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨. Thank you for reading. Thank you for watching. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for participating. And most importantly, thank you for helping us take aortic disease awareness far beyond our own community. And WOW… you certainly did! 🎉 📈 During September, on Facebook alone: ❤️ 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀�

🧬🫀 NEW BLOG ALERT: AORTIC SCIENCE MADE EASY! Research can be fascinating…but let’s face it, sometimes reading a published medical study can feel like you need a medical degree just to get through the first paragraph! 🤯 That’s exactly why we created Aortic Science Made Easy—and our newest medical blogger, Aditi Darodkar, is kicking things off with a topic MANY survivors ask about: 💪 EXERCISE AFTER AORTIC DISSECTION. Her first article, “Exercise May Not Be a No-Go for Aorti

🏡❤️ THE WORDS YOU’VE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR: “YOU’RE GOING HOME!” After aortic surgery, there are milestones that feel HUGE—the first time sitting up, the first walk down the hallway, getting tubes and lines removed…and then comes one of the best: GOING HOME! 🎉 Walking out of the hospital is absolutely something to celebrate. You’ve been through major surgery, long days, interrupted nights, countless vital checks and probably more hospital food than you ever wanted. 😉 But di

❤️ WHAT HAPPENS AFTER AORTIC SURGERY? You’ve made it through surgery—but what happens next? In his latest The African Perfusionist post, Emmanuel Mbaka walks patients and families through one of the biggest questions surrounding recovery: “What Should I Expect During My First Week in the Hospital? The First Days After Aortic Surgery” From waking up in the ICU and understanding all those tubes and monitors, to getting out of bed, walking the halls, managing pain, breathing exe

🎥🫀𝗪𝗛𝗬 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗟𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗕𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗛𝗧𝗩? Because sometimes the BEST way to understand aortic disease is to hear directly from the experts who treat it every day! In recognition of #AorticValveDiseaseAwarenessDay, check out 𝗔𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗔𝗛𝗧𝗩 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗿. 𝗠𝗲𝗵𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗱 𝗚𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗻,, dedicated to AORTIC VALVE DISEASE! ❤️ https://youtu.be/dlrgs4ib7yA?si=HYIijg1X7b1GrjFH Whether y

💊🫀 It is #AorticDiseaseAwarenessMonth and we are discussing MEDICATIONS, MEDICATIONS, MEDICATIONS! 🫀💊 If you live with aortic disease, chances are your medicine cabinet has become a little more… interesting! 😂 Beta blockers? ACE inhibitors? ARBs? Blood thinners? Statins? Diuretics? And what exactly does each one DO? 🤔 Aortic Hope is here to help you make sense of it! 🎓 Check out our presentation with Dr. Kristin Watson, Doctor of Pharmacy, where she breaks down common

🫀💙 𝗔𝗛𝗧𝗩 𝗤&𝗔: 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗘𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗯𝗮𝗸𝗮 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁! 💙🫀 We’re excited to introduce you to 𝗘𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗠𝗯𝗮𝗸𝗮, cardiac perfusionist, educator, and the creator of 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁! Join Carin Andersen on AHTV, Aortic Hope’s YouTube channel, as she sits down with Emmanuel to talk about: 🫀 What exactly does a perfusionist do? 🏥 What role does a perfusionist play during open-heart sur