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Rosemary”s life was saved at Lowell General Hospital after a STEMI.

At MelroseWakefield Hospital, teamwork, technology and quick action gave Israel Martins a second chance at life after a serious heart attack.

Learn how collaboration, innovation and compassion have helped Tufts Medical Center build one of the nation’s top heart transplant programs.

Cardiogenic shock is serious and often sudden. Tufts Medical Center’s Navin Kapur, MD, interventional cardiologist and leading expert in cardiogenic shock, shares what you need to know about this life-threatening condition.

How Tufts Medicine Care at Home is empowering heart patients to take charge of their health and treatment.

Learn when heart palpitations might be a cause for concern. Tufts Medical Center cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist, Margaret Infeld, MS, MD, shares what to look for and when to seek professional help for your heart health.

Tufts Medicine experts share the health and wellness resolutions you should make to live your healthiest year yet.

Tufts Medical Center’s Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant team has reached an exciting milestone, performing the hospital’s 800th heart transplant procedure in October 2024. “We’re proud to celebrate this milestone and every successful transplantation we have the privilege to perform, said Gregory Couper, MD, Surgical Director of the Advanced Heart Failure Program. “Each heart transplant is an opportunity for a person to live a longer and more fulfilling life, and it means countless more families and friends who get time with the people they love.”

Congestive Heart Failure affects more than 6 million Americans and is the leading cause of hospital stays in adults aged 65 and older. Identifying CHF in the early stages can prolong your life. Tufts Medical Center’s Medical Director, Cardiac Transplantation, Indranee N. Rajapreyar, MD walks you through the symptoms of the 4 stages of CHF, as well as treatments and prevention.

MelroseWakefield Hospital’s cardiac rehab program has helped Bob Muti reclaim his heart health after bypass surgery.

Understand heart attack signs, symptoms, and prevention. Discover risk factors and learn what to do during a heart attack from the team at Tufts Medicine.

Just months after receiving a heart transplant, Lenny Buisson returns to Tufts Medical Center regularly to support other heart failure patients and their families.

With the support of Tufts Medical Center nurses and facility dogs, Hunter is building his strength and looking forward to going home to wait for his heart transplant.

In the fall of 2021, Katie had just begun a new position as a Clinical Social Worker in Tufts Medical Center’s Emergency Department. Less than two months later, Katie’s father Jim drove himself to his local emergency room and was diagnosed with myocarditis, an infection of the heart. While some patients with myocarditis fight off the infection, Jim took a turn for the worse and was transported by ambulance to Tufts MC.

Karen Pekowitz was a college student when she was diagnosed with a heart condition. At just 19 years old, Karen had a pacemaker implanted to manage her illness.

Great-grandmother Helen's heart transplant gives her more time with the people she loves.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, but you can reduce your risk.

Tufts Medical Center’s Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplantation Program brings relief after a lifetime of exhaustion and illness.

In January 2023, what began as a normal Saturday morning at home with their grandchildren took a frightful turn for Terry and Mike.

There are hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. on organ transplant wait lists. Read Tufts Medical Center's perspective on what you can do to help.