The human heart beats about 100,000 times a day. It’s a lot of hard work, and a lot of room for something to go wrong. At the Sarasota Memorial Structural Heart & Valve Clinic, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is one of the many techniques used to keep hearts healthy.
Dying from a broken heart isn’t something invented by the movies. As mysterious as it is rare, broken heart syndrome is a beguiling condition and a strong argument for the direct connection between mental health and physical health.
A decade before the Civil Rights Movement began, a young black man named Vivien Thomas made history at Johns Hopkins, helping to save countless lives. To those in the field today, he’s a legend. But it would be decades before his full story was told—and even more before he received the full credit he deserved.
In the cartoon world of Dr. Seuss, a heart suddenly growing three sizes in a day might be cause for celebration. But in this world, it’s a serious medical condition—and if Mr. Grinch is going to be around to steal next year’s Christmas, he’ll have to get proactive about his heart health.
The effects of untreated sleep apnea go far beyond the symptoms of poor sleep, affecting heart health, mental health, vascular health, and even shortening lifespan. Learn more—and how to find treatment.