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Cardiac Rehabilitation Helps a Woman Change Her Life

“I feel fantastic. There’s nothing that comes up that makes me nervous, and I trust my body so much more than I did a year ago.”
Kjersti Myhre Cronin hadn’t felt really well for several years. The 51-year-old Woodbridge resident was suffering from ...
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Quick Action Saved a Man Who Had a Heart Attack in the Street

“So many people had a hand in his survival. We could not be more grateful. We are very lucky and very blessed.”
Anthony Catanese, MD Anthony Catanese, MD , a urologist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) Somerset and a member ...
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Three Good Reasons to Live

"It had been so long since I’d felt that good.”
Thanks to Timely Cardiac Care, a Colonia Man Is Here for His Grandchildren Last year, Mark Christian, 62, of Colonia, knew ...
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Matters of the Heart

I'm functioning much better today because of this place.
Jeff Shorr couldn’t walk more than three steps without getting out of breath because of his heart condition. He couldn’t drive ...
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Pathway to a Healthy Heart

The people that work there are extremely helpful and care about the patients.
Glenn Harrison was surprised to get a medical diagnosis that he had a cardiac problem. With the expert cardiac care available ...
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CARDIAC-911: Read Ed's Story

“They taught me how to adjust my lifestyle and eating habits, which took away the worry of having another heart attack.”
Ed McDonald of Chesterfield, NJ, suffered a massive heart attack last year at the age of 54. He credits the team at RWJ Hamilton ...
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Teaming Up for Healthier Hearts: Read David's & Judy's Stories

"Having the monitor on and knowing they’re checking on you the whole time makes you feel comfortable to do the exercises."
Heart patients from al l walks of life come to cardiac rehab to get back to living. When you enter the cardiac rehabilitation ...
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Saving the Heart & Mind: Surviving Cardiac Arrest

"When a Heart Stops, Every Moment Counts"

For Patricia Totaro, those precious seconds took place in an unexpectedly ideal place: church. Dropping off her 11-year-old son ...
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Cool Treatment Saves Lives

Therapeutic Hypothermia After Cardiac Arrest

Virgina had no reason to suspect she would end up in RWJ Hamilton's emergency department (ED) when she left her house in Fort ...
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