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Heart Heroes

Hear from caregivers, cardiologists, patients and their family members – all heroes among us, battling, treating and beating heart disease.
If you’d like to nominate a Heart Hero or are a Heart Hero yourself and would like to share your story, please contact [email protected].

Lisa Salberg

Lisa Salberg

Diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

United States

Dr Jagat Narula

Dr Jagat Narula

WHF President-Elect

United States of America

Lauren Janzen

Lauren Janzen

Living with pulmonary arterial hypertension

United States of America

Keith Dares

Keith Dares

Living with cardiac amyloidosis

Canada

Aiste Staraite

Aiste Staraite

Living with heart failure

Lithuania

Anu Gomanju

Anu Gomanju

Living with Rheumatic Heart Disease

Nepal

Mehmet Misircioglu

Mehmet Misircioglu

Diagnosed with vasospastic angina

Turkey

Emma Broome

Emma Broome

Diagnosed with FH and Lp(a)

United Kingdom

John-Paul Corry

John-Paul Corry

Diagnosed with high Lp(a)

United Kingdom

The Heart Hero series consists of personal testimonials that patients, practitioners, caregivers, and others wish to offer and share in their own authentic voice. Any examples of diagnoses, care, treatment, medical processes, or recommendations mentioned in the stories are provided independently of WHF’s policy or scientific and technical outputs.