Items Tagged ‘Dr. Rakesh Suri’
April 28, 2015
The Mayor (and Coach) of Iowa State Back in the Game After Heart Surgery
By In the Loop 
Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State mens basketball coach, took a time out for open-heart surgery after the team’s season ended. He’s expected to make a full recovery and return to coaching and being an advocate for heart education.
Tags: aortic root aneurysm, Dr. Rakesh Suri, Fred Hoiberg, heart valve replacement, Iowa State University
November 4, 2014
Finding New Purpose for Discarded Drug
By In the Loop
Once upon a time there was a once-promising drug that everyone had given up on. Everyone, at least, inside the pharmaceutical company that developed it to treat chest pain and peripheral artery disease. After clinical trials failed to produce the desired results, it was sent off to the Island of Misfit Medications. Mayo’s Rakesh Suri, […]
Tags: aortic valve stenosis, Dr. Jordan Miller, Dr. Rakesh Suri
October 16, 2014
“Walking Miracle” is Back in the Classroom
By In the Loop
Scott Gefroh, probably more than most teachers, was keen to get back to the classroom this fall and back to teaching social studies to the young minds of Horizon Middle school in Bismarck, North Dakota. “I really don’t like being out of my classroom,” Scott recently told the Bismarck Tribune. A heart condition had sidelined him […]
Tags: Dr. Rakesh Suri, heart transplant