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Cardiac / Heart Health
Hackensack Couple Continues Family Tradition of Giving Back to Hospital
Charitable giving comes in all shapes and sizes, from gifts of time to financial donations large and small. Over the...
Meet the Muscarelle Family
Cardiac / Heart Health
Doctors Provide Lifesaving Care for Woman After a Rare Heart condition
When 69-year-old Alice Jurist developed symptoms suggesting COVID-19, including fever, fatigue and difficulty breathing, she and her husband, David, faced...
Meet Alice and David
Cardiac / Heart Health
Octogenarian from Farmingdale Thrives After Near-Fatal Heart Attack
Aurelia Hughes was enjoying a breezy phone chat with her 94-year-old aunt when powerful chest pain and pressure struck in...
Meet Aurelia
Cardiac / Heart Health
After Mitral Valve Repair Three Years Ago, Where is She Now?
In 2018, we shared the story of Emer Featherstone, who was rushed to the emergency department at Mountainside Medical Center...
Meet Emer
Cardiac / Heart Health
After a Heart Attack in His Thirties, Where is He Now?
In early 2020, we shared the story of Przemyslaw “Simon” Blazejowicz, whose life hung in the balance as doctors at...
Meet Simon
Cardiac / Heart Health
After a Triple Bypass Three Years Ago, Where is He Now?
In 2019, we shared the story of Joe Leone Introna. His worst fears of following a family history of heart-related...
Meet Joe
Cardiac / Heart Health
After Experiencing an Aortic Aneurysm, Where is He Now?
In 2018, we shared the story of Thomas Redmond who was nicknamed “the healthiest man in the ICU”. Before he...
Meet Thomas
Cardiac / Heart Health
Heart Care Close to Home
Typically, we photograph every patient appearing in HealthU. Because this story was planned during the surge of COVID-19, that contact would have...
Meet Rosa
Cardiac / Heart HealthVascular
Just Like New After Cardiac Stents
Typically, we photograph every patient appearing in HealthU. Because this story was planned during the surge of COVID-19, that contact would have...
Meet Mike
Cardiac / Heart Health
Big Heart, Big Fix
Attorney Gerald Dienst was diagnosed with congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation in 2012. Today, a remarkable new device is...
Meet Gerald