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...

Cliff Grover’s Story and how to give yourself the best chance My reasons for writing this story are to tell others about my experience,...

Prashant Navaratnarajah Age: 38 – 12 days between misdiagnosis and operation I have always been into health and fitness from a very young...

Thank you for sharing our medical story about my husband, Mark Prince. Patient: Mark Prince - 59 year-old male, non-smoker, 4 x beers...

Exactly one month after my 54th birthday, I awoke in the ICU at University of Chicago Medical Center with new parts. I would soon find...

Today is Survivor Series Saturday! We are back with another story for our Survivor Series! On certain Saturdays during the month, we will...

Today we bring you a Carin Andersen’s story about thriving, not just surviving a Type A Dissection. Carin shares her journey of surviving...

Today we bring you a story about surviving a congenital heart defect and multiple open heart surgeries from Scott Lindhardt. Scott shares...

Today is Survivor Series Saturday! We are back with another story for our Survivor Series! On certain Saturdays during the month, we will...

Aortic aneurysm and stroke survivor Cathy Doone shares her story as part of Aortic Hope's Survivor Series.

Aortic Dissection survivor Mandy Hawker shares her story as part of Aortic Hope's Survivor Series.

Frank shares his journey from aneurysm diagnosis just over 3 years ago to his subsequent open heart surgery a month later and all his...

Donna (survivor) and her daughter Christina (caregiver) share their 2 and a half year journey from Donna's initial aortic dissection...