Getting Back to Normal - Life After Heart Surgery   Christmas came late for Doug Katzenberger and his family. Doug and his wife Karen made an emergency trip to Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield on Christmas Eve. [Read More]
	Heart Attack Changes Tomahawk Man's Life   When excruciating chest pain woke WJJQ radio station owner Gregg Albert at 1 a.m. on Feb. 3, 2008, he had the feeling his heart was in trouble. [Read More]
	'Watchman' Device   A Stevens Point man is the first person in Wisconsin to participate in a research study regarding an investigational implantable device that is being studied to prevent strokes in patients suffering from atrial fibrillation. [Read More]
	Atrial Fibrillation Ablation   Connie Hodge never knew when it would hit. Suddenly, her heart would race, she'd get headaches, be short of breath, and feel dizzy, her energy sapped. Sometimes the spell would last 10 minutes, sometimes several hours. [Read More]
	Maze Procedure   The good news is that for Jerry Rhoades, an innovative surgery called the Maze procedure has proven highly successful in curing atrial fibrillation. [Read More]
	Mitral Valve Repair   Sherri Beyer, of Merrill, spends most of her free time running with her two teenage daughters around and riding one of the family's horses. Quite a change from nearly a year ago when she started to tire easily, and experienced chest pains that eventually escalated to the point where she sought medical help. [Read More]
	Open Heart Surgery -- This Time It's Personal   As a DJ with local radio station WYTE, Ken Steckbauer meets lots of interesting folks. His job requires him to comment on current events, tell stories and report the news. Ken's range of experiences -- from interviewing colorful personalities to monitoring the daily headlines -- left him with a cache of interesting anecdotes and a yarn for every occasion. [Read More]
	Rhinelander Man's 'Routine' Medical Checkup Finds Major Heart Problem   At age 47, heart disease was the furthest thing from Ron Johnson's mind. Although a diabetic, he regularly played basketball and kept active through his job as a physical therapist in the Rhinelander School District. [Read More]
	Surviving Stroke: Coincidences get Farm Tech Days exhibitor the help he needs to fully recover   William "Bill" Rupnow was at the right place at the right time. The healthy, 75-year-old "semi-retired" dairy farmer from Ixonia, near Oconomowoc, was an exhibitor at the recent Farm Technology Days near Loyal. Just before 10 a.m. Wednesday, he left his wife JoAnn at the exhibit they were staffing to browse. Suddenly, Rupnow's leg went numb and he could not move. "I felt a sudden wooziness," he said. "I couldn't stand. There was pain but it wasn't excruciating." [Read More]