Page 30 - Southern Exposure - February '25

Page 30, Southern Exposure

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Breathing Easy Again:

Evelyn’s Journey Through Aortic Valve Replacement

Evelyn Greenberger had been experiencing nearby. She also says she felt confident in Umana and his
shortness of breath and a fluttering heartbeat team.
– symptoms she thought indicated she had “I could not have been in better hands,” she says. “When
pneumonia. She got quite a surprise, though, I went in on the day of surgery, I had every question
when she went to the emergency room and answered. (The Cleveland Clinic team) just embraced you.
doctors told her that it was not pneumonia. There was no fear because everybody wanted to be there
Instead, she was in heart failure. and comforted you for who you were.”
Juan Pablo Umana, M.D., chair of the Umana used a minimally invasive approach to
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Greenberger’s surgery. The minimally invasive approach
Surgery at Cleveland Clinic in Florida, says allows surgeons to make smaller incisions without having
Evelyn had a leaky aortic valve. The shortness to open up the chest. This way causes less scarring and
of breath she was experiencing was due to the pain and a faster recovery than traditional open surgery.
blood volume overload in her heart, which was “This was a team effort,” Umana says. “The patient is at
causing a backup to her lungs. Her symptoms the center not only of the care but of the decision making.”
were typical of her condition. Evelyn Greenberger turned to Juan Pablo Umana, M.D., for minimally Greenberger couldn’t be more pleased.
Dr. Umana recommended an aortic valve invasive valve replacement surgery. “There’s a whole new world that’s open to me now.
replacement to restore the normal flow of There’s nothing stopping me,” she says. “I’ve got the
blood through her aorta to prevent it from flowing back Greenberger says she chose to have the aortic valve energy and the same zest I had when I was 30-something
into her heart. replacement at Cleveland Clinic because she knew it was or 40-something. Umana gave me this gift and it’s now
“The earlier you have the operation the better and easier “an amazing organization.” Being a resident of Boca Raton my chance to use it.”
the recovery,” Umana says. she was grateful Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital was

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