Come take your mind off of Aortic Disease and join Aortic Hope and Diane Bishop, the Aortic Artist for our Arts & Crafts event on the 15th of every month @7 pm on AHTV our YouTube channel. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXbCdIgPAMonLDid7hjCNHseH5yDvjwRw&si=mpEW-1jBxDX_PUBs Diane will be showing us how to create adorable pavers to make your yard shine! To participate you will need the following: *Concrete paver edgers *Acrylic paint: yellow, white, brown, orange and black

🌟 YOUR STORY COULD BE THE HOPE SOMEONE NEEDS TODAY. 🌟 Every journey matters. Every voice makes a difference. We're inviting survivors, patients and caregivers to be part of Aortic Hope's Saturday Survivor Series and welcoming past participants back for Where Are They Now? 🎥 Saturday Survivor Series Share your journey through a recorded interview or written story. ❤️ Where Are They Now? Have you shared before? We'd love an update! Tell us where life has taken you since your

We're honored to introduce the newest story in our Saturday Survivor Series featuring Vicki Cray, pictured here with her husband, William. ❤️ Vicki suffered an Aortic Dissection in December, 2025. Her story is one of strength, resilience, faith, hope and gratitude—a powerful reminder of why sharing our experiences matters. We hope her words inspire, educate, and encourage everyone who reads them. To watch Vicki's survivor story video on Aortic Hope's YouTube Channel, AHTV, cl

Good morning, Aortic Hope community! Today, we will continue with our monthly theme of tackling common myths and misconceptions about aortic disease. The myth for today is “Your heart is removed from your body when you undergo heart surgery”. Where does this myth come from? When people think about getting heart surgery, they may imagine a dramatic scene where the surgeon opens the chest, completely removes the heart from the body, performs surgery on the heart, and then sew

🫀💙 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