Heart & Vascular Patient Stories

Baystate Health’s first LVAD patient embraces his second chance at life. Ernie Scruse shares his story.

Just before his daughter’s wedding, Peter Zimmerman found out he had coronary artery disease, a serious, even deadly, condition.

Bernie Michaels says he has a new outlook on life after the innovative WATCHMAN procedure.

With a call to 911, instructions from the emergency dispatcher, and fast-acting, Linda Ferioli's family saved her with CPR after her cardiac arrest.

Time, distance or a heart attack were never barriers for Ruben Ramos to be with Genoveva, the love of his life.

Just five months after heart bypass surgery, this retired teacher was back to hiking, biking and swimming.

Jaime and Christie both had heart failure. LVAD surgery helps keep their hearts pumping.

Kalia Furnari battled intense nerve pain and migraine headaches for decades until Baystate Health experts discovered the cause and removed a tumor from her heart.