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TAVR Makes a Big Difference for Jersey City Woman

“Find a surgeon you’re comfortable with and have the TAVR procedure. It makes a big difference in your life.”
Helen Blumenthal, 80, is a dedicated walker. When she lived in Manhattan, she walked every day, and she has kept it up since she ...
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NBI Patient Becomes the Longest-Living NJ Resident with an LVAD

Mayra is now the longest-living person in New Jersey with an LVAD and one of the longest-living LVAD patients in the country.
Mayra Rodriguez, 42, from Union County, NJ, celebrated her 14th anniversary living with an Abbott HeartMate II™ Left Ventricular ...
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Spina Bifida Nikos Story

They’re willing to do anything they can to help these kids and the progress Nikos has made is just incredible.
Nicole and AJ Kaymakcian were excited to welcome their second child in the fall of 2018. Everything about the pregnancy was ...
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Advanced Cardiac Treatment Leaves Teacher With a Grateful Heart

I take nothing for granted now.
Two-and-a-half years ago, Dana Zika was a busy, healthy 41-year old with a young son, a full-time job as a kindergarten teacher ...
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New Jersey Jazz Singer's Dream Comes True this Mother's Day

Dr. Frederic Sardari, Vice Chair of Cardiothoracic Surgery and team performed a complex 7-hour open heart surgery to replace the torn section of her aorta. Three weeks later she left the hospital with a new lease on life.
In 2020, Rosalind was singing regularly at local night clubs, and private events, until she became very ill, very suddenly and ...
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Giving Relationship

A planned gift highlights one couple's longtime commitment to RWJUH Somerset.
When Arthur (Art) Roswell first met the woman he married in 1954, he was impressed by her generosity and humility—which were not ...
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A Collaborative Transplant and Weight Loss Surgery at RWJUH

I feel like a new different person.
When Gina Bergstrom woke in February 2019 feeling unable to breathe fully or walk more than a few feet, she knew her kidneys ...
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Cirugía Bariátrica en RWJUH Somerset

Conozca la historia de una paciente que logró perder peso y mejorar su salud gracias a la cirugía bariátrica realizada en Robert ...
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A Less Invasive Alternative to CABG

“If you are with Dr. Wasty, you are in good hands.”
Charles Williams, 60, of Roselle, NJ, lives life to the fullest, having had a long career in campaign management for Essex ...
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