Alecia Defeats Decades of Heart Failure With Historic Transplant at UF Health
Alecia Cosey came to, slumped over in the driver’s seat, to find her 16-year-old daughter crying and gripping the steering wheel. “Momma, are you OK?” Dayshai…
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UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine Hosts Ceremony to Honor Patient’s New Heart
Amid the steady beeping of the heart monitor, Tammy Bernard, UF Health Shands Arts in Medicine practitioner, and Jeanne Dickman, a heart transplant patient at…
He survived a heart transplant, a kidney transplant and, along with his family, COVID-19
May 14, 2020
Enell “Trent” Porter had long battled hereditary congestive heart failure and diabetes, at times falling critically ill. But the 50-year-old had a new shot at…
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Mend a Failing Heart
Heart failure occurs when the heart is unable to pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. This condition affects nearly six million Americans annually and…
