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Heartfelt Stories

Stories and shared lived experiences fostering connection, advocacy and hope across the European heart community.

Heartfelt Stories

Stories and shared lived experiences fostering connection, advocacy and hope across the European heart community.

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Louise Droguet: A New Heart, A New Way of Living

When I talk about my transplant or my cardiomyopathy, I can say it has been one of the hardest things in my life — but also one of the most beautiful.

Louise Droguet: A New Heart, A New Way of Living

When I talk about my transplant or my cardiomyopathy, I can say it has been one of the hardest things in my life — but also one of the most beautiful.

Nicolas Desroches: A Titanium Heart and a Second Chance

I am the living proof that life-saving actions — calling for help, performing cardiac massage, using a defibrillator — save lives.

Caroline Bonis: From a Guardian Angel to a Lifeline

I didn’t leave the hospotal thinking I had a guardian angel. But today, if someone told me they were removing it, I would be afraid. It’s my lifeline.

Laurence Humphreys-Davies: From a Runaway Train to Finding My Way

When I first heard the words “heart failure”, I thought my life was over... But heart failure is not a death sentence. It’s tough, but you can live with it, manage it, and even thrive.

Willema Girard – To Rise Again Is to Choose a New Way of Living

When life brings you to your knees, you have a choice to make: to sit back and wait — or to rise to the calling.

Bartley Albone – Surviving the Unthinkable: My Aortic Dissection Journey

On New Year’s Day 2024, my life changed forever.

Al Voss – From Fear to Empowerment, and Building a Community of Support

My journey has included a heart attack, open-heart surgery, a stroke, and later, cancer. Out of all of these, it was the stroke that was the hardest to accept.

Al Voss – From Fear to Empowerment, and Building a Community of Support

My journey has included a heart attack, open-heart surgery, a stroke, and later, cancer. Out of all of these, it was the stroke that was the hardest to accept.

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