I couldn’t feel my heartbeat. I couldn’t feel my pulse.
I’d never felt so alive.
A first-of-its-kind procedure supports a failing heart.
While preparing for an annual boat race, Jim Armstrong suddenly found his
health spiraling out of control. The specialists at Northwestern Medicine’s Bluhm
Cardiovascular Institute discovered that due to severe heart failure, a revolutionary
procedure was his only hope. Cardiac surgeons implanted two completely pulseless
devices to support his heart, leaving Jim without a pulse for four months until he
underwent a successful heart transplant—and one incredible recovery.
If we can do this for Jim, imagine what we can do for you. To discover your
breakthrough, call 312-NM-HEART.
Our breakthroughs are your breakthroughs.
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