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Patient supported by the HeartMate II device preparing for her wedding

The Today Show and People magazine feature Dr. Roberta Bogaev and Ally, a THI heart failure patient supported by the HeartMate II device, who is preparing for her wedding next month. Read the story and view the video at TODAYshow.com.
(May 26, 2010)

African-Americans and Women—At High Risk for Heart Disease

View the video (7:40 min.) from KRIV-TV's program Black Voice. "Heart disease poses a serious threat for people all across the United States, but for African-American women, the risk is particularly high." The interviewer speaks with Dr. Pranav Loyalka, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital cardiologist, and Wanda Alexander, heart transplant recipient. (April 2010). Wanda's story is told in the video (7 min.), "One Woman's Story of a New Heart."
See also on this website: Women and Heart Disease, and
Heart Disease Risk Factors

One Woman's Story of a New Heart

View the video (7 min.) that tells Wanda Alexander's story. After waiting on the transplant list for years, she received a new healthy heart just 4 months ago at the Texas Heart Institute. Dr. Stephanie Coulter, THI cardiologist, helps tell the story for the CBS show, The Doctors, and the video features THI transplant team members Dr. Bud Frazier and Dr. Roberta Bogaev along with Wanda's family. (March 2010)
See also on this website: Heart Transplantation, and
Heart Transplant Program Celebrates 25 Years of Success

More Doctors Moving to Houston

In a HealthCheck special report by Christi Myers, ABC13, Texas Heart Institute is cited by Houston-based cardiologist Dr. Rupa Puttappa as being one of the attractions for doctors considering a move. Read the article and view the video. (April 30, 2010)

View the video tour (3:30 min.) of the World's First Megaheart model. Dr. Stephanie Coulter, Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, leads the tour for the CBS show, The Doctors. Follow a blood cell as it travels through the heart encountering the lungs, heart valves, the aorta, and coronary arteries. (March 2010)
See also on this website: Anatomy of the Heart

View the video (5:36 min.) from greatday Houston about preventing heart disease. Dr. Stephanie Coulter, Texas Heart Institute cardiologist, urges everyone, especially women, to know "what happens when you don't treat your heart right and what you need to do to protect your heart." (February 2010)
See also on this website: Heart Disease Risk Factors

Heart Assist Device benefits 21 year old cardiomyopathy patient

View Fox 26 news interview (5:15 min. video) with cardiologist Stephanie Coulter, MD and heart failure patient Allyssa Smith. Thanks to the HeartMate II device developed in large part at THI, Allyssa is moving on with her life and sharing her story to help raise awareness of heart disease in young women. (December 2009)
See also on this website: Women and Heart Disease, and Heart Assist Devices

View the video (3:55 min.) from Fox TV on Women & Heart Disease. "Most people realize heart disease is a very common killer in the U.S. But did you know that men and women need to keep different things in mind when it comes to avoiding or surviving it? In this Ask the Doctor segment, Dr. Roberta Bogaev with Texas Heart Institute has some information that you have never heard before." (February 2010)
See also on this website: Women at High Risk

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