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Video: Measuring Our Victories-Heart by Heart

We Measure Our Victories–Heart by Heart, a 3-minute video.

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Nashville's Pete Huttlinger, LVAD recipient, in concert with Dr. Billy Cohn

After suffering a stroke and severe heart failure related to a congenital heart defect, noted Nashville guitarist and composer Pete Huttlinger came for treatment to Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's in 2011. Huttlinger, who has played with artists John Denver, LeAnn Rimes and many others, received an LVAD (left ventricular assist device) heart pump. During a recent check-up, he played a concert for the doctors, nurses, and staff who helped care for him, and for his fellow heart patients. Dr. "Billy" Cohn sat in with Pete on a few numbers. (YouTube).

Drs. Bud Frazier & Billy Cohn TEDMED 2012

Bud Frazier and Billy Cohn of the Texas Heart Institute preview a continuous-flow heart pump with minimal parts that works via a screw pump.

For more video and audio content, see the multimedia archives.

We gave Ally a future. That's what we do.

Ally Smith Babineaux continues to be an inspiration and to help raise awareness about heart disease in women and young people.

'Bionic bride' brings message to Austin: kxan.com

She, like countless others we have helped, is living the future she did not have.

"Houston Has Heart" April 15 to 30

Dine out for a good cause at some of Houston's finest restaurants.

Tony Vallone, owner of Tony's restaurant, and Dr. James T. Willerson, president of the Texas Heart Institute, discuss "Houston Has Heart" which supports heart disease education, research and improved patient care on ABC 13 Healthcheck.

"Houston Has Heart" April 15 to 30

Dine at some of Houston's finest restaurants and support the Texas Heart Institute.

Dr. James Willerson discusses heart disease, the history of the Texas Heart Institute, and "Houston Has Heart" which benefits the THI on Great Day Houston.

29th Anniversary of Heart Transplant

Seventy-five-year-old retired research chemist and teacher Charles Washington, who is thought to be the longest surviving heart transplant recipient, recently marked the 29th anniversary of his transplant. During his annual check-up at the Texas Heart Institute in early April, the Oak Ridge, Tenn., resident shared some of his thoughts about his 1982 heart attack and his life over the three decades since his transplant.

Charles Washington

Charles Washington visits with his surgeon, O. H. Frazier, MD, Chief, Center for Cardiac Support, and Director, Cardiovascular Surgery Research at THI.

Cameron Manufacturing & Engineering Joining THI Researchers to Develop New Heart Pump, Donate $500,000 to Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's
Houston, Texas (March 1, 2012) Video coverage on Click2Houston.com

What You Can Do to Prevent Heart Disease

Dr. Stephanie Coulter, Director of the Texas Heart Institute Center for Women's Heart and Vascular Health, discusses the value of preventing heart disease on Fox 26's "Black Voices".

Feud fuels advances in heart surgery

Denton A. Cooley, MD World famous heart surgeon Dr. Denton Cooley helped put the Texas Medical Center on the map. He talks about his bitter feud with Dr. Michael DeBakey in his memoirs.
KPRC Local 2 anchor Rachel McNeill interviews Dr. Cooley.

Don’t call Ally Smith Babineaux the “Bionic Bride” anymore — call her “Miracle Bride.”

The 23-year-old Texan has beaten the odds once again by undergoing a successful heart transplant just as her life hung in the balance.

Artificial hearts giving hope, saving lives

What happens when you are dying of heart disease, and you won't live long enough for a transplant? Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's has a new go-to plan: the artificial heart. ABC13's Christi Myers reports:

Sudden Cardiac Death in Student Athletes

Dr. Paolo Angelini, Medical Director of the Center for Coronary Artery Anomalies, discusses sudden cardiac death in student athletes on Latina Voices: Smart Talk (HTV video 11:00).

Successful Implantation of a Continuous-Flow Total Artificial Heart

Doctors at THI report a medical milestone — Patients needing artificial hearts may soon get ones that don't beat.

Listen to the story on NPR Morning Edition (June 13, 2011) and view press conference video (3:32).

THI first in Texas to offer procedure to eliminate a major cause of heart-related stroke

THI at SLEH is the first in Texas and one of only a few in the nation to treat patients with a new catheter-based procedure that uses sutures to tie off the left atrial appendage (LAA), which is known to be a major source of blood clots that may lead to stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation.

View video (48 seconds) and full press release.

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