Don’t Ignore Chest Pain
Chest pain is never something to ignore. This patient, at 76 years old, experienced chest...
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Sleep Might Be the Best Thing You Do for Your Heart
Sleep is often the first thing we sacrifice in a busy life, yet it may be one of the most...
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Open Heart Surgery Doesn’t Have to Be Painful
When patients hear they need open heart surgery, the most common reaction is fear, particularly...
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How Much Pain Will I Be In?
One of the most common concerns patients have before surgery is simple: “How much pain will I be...
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Bicuspid Stenosis
With permission from the patient to post, this 55-year-old nurse from Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania,...
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A Second Opinion May Save Your Life
With permission from the patient to post, this 41-year-old active cricket player never expected to...
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Overthinking
As a cardiac surgeon, I spend my days repairing blocked arteries and diseased valves. But over...
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Straight Line
Life isn’t meant to be a straight line. In medicine, we know exactly what a flat line on an EKG...
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Open Hearted Santa!
Two years after his open-heart surgery, Santa returned with all smiles, as he gets ready for the...
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Dogs as Therapy
Meet Aspen, our incredible therapy dog at Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital! Aspen has a...
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Conventional Surgery Is Well Tolerated!
2-Week Follow-Up After Open-Heart Surgery This kind man brought us homemade baklava for his 2-week...
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5 Hours After Mitral Valve Prolapse
39-year old patient, less than 5 hours after mitral valve repair surgery using a conventional...
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Dr. Singer has been in practice since 1992 and has, to date, performed over 8,351 surgeries. His practice interests include complex valve, coronary and aneurysm surgery, as well as prevention and treatment of lung cancer.
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