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           Heart Transplant Gets Physician Cyclist Back On The



                    Trails After Years Of Progressive Heart Failure



        Jaime  Rodriguez,  M.D.,  a  maternal-fetal  medicine                                               “I had suffered so much that I was welcoming the idea
      specialist  at  a  healthcare  system  in  South  Florida,  has                                     by then,” Dr. Rodriguez says of overcoming his fear of
      dedicated his career to taking care of others. But when he                                          the transplant. “I knew I had no choice – it was this or I
      was the one who needed help, his colleagues in medicine                                             wouldn’t make it.”
      were there for him.                                                                                   A suitable donor heart become available 10 days after
        In 2007 Dr. Rodriguez, a former competitive cyclist,                                              he was admitted to the ICU. “It’s hard to describe how it
      was out on one of his regular early morning bike rides                                              felt to get that news,” Dr. Rodriguez says. “I realized how
      when  he  collapsed  on  the  road.  He  required  cardiac                                          lucky I was.”
      resuscitation on the scene and was rushed to Cleveland                                                Nicolas  Brozzi,  M.D.,  and  Cedric  Sheffield,  M.D,
      Clinic Weston Hospital where his cardiologist, Howard                                               performed a complex cardiac reoperation to replace his
      Bush, M.D., performed a coronary catheterization that                                               worn-out  native  heart  with  a  healthy  donor  heart.  Dr.
      revealed  a  blocking  of  the  stents  he  had  received  six                                      Rodriguez’s recovery was gradual, but steady, and he was
      years earlier. An intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) was                                              discharged from the hospital within two weeks.
      implanted, and he was rushed to the operating room where   One year after his heart transplant, Jaime Rodriguez, M.D.,    “He was determined to get through this operation and
      he underwent quadruple coronary bypass surgery. He had   (center) was back to working full-time, walking, running  move on with life, back to his family and his work,” says
      suffered a massive heart attack on that ride, which severely   and cycling.                         Dr. Brozzi.
      damaged his heart.                                                                                    One year after his transplant, Dr. Rodriguez was back
        Dr.  Rodriguez,  who  was  50  at  the  time,  had  been   and live a happy life. So, I thought, ‘Let’s not think about  to working full-time, walking, running and cycling. He
      dealing with coronary artery disease since he was 43 years   the transplant now.’”                  says exercising is easier now than before and he can do at
      old. “I had gone back to cycling and riding my bike at a     By  May  of  2020,  Dr.  Rodriguez  had  been  dealing  least as much as, if not more, than anyone else his age.
      competitive level to improve my heart health,” he says.   with  worsening  episodes  of  arrhythmia  and  had  been    Dr. Rodriguez has become very fond of his care team
      But his predisposition to heart disease was strong – both   hospitalized frequently over six months until one night,  at Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital and looks forward to
      his father and his grandfather had died from it, at 52 and   which he described as a “nightmare,” when he had eight  seeing them at his follow-ups.
      53 years old, respectively.                        episodes of arrhythmia. He’d had enough. His wife called    “The cardiac transplant team provides very personalized
        Dr. Rodriguez’s health remained stable for several years   911 and he was taken to Weston Hospital.  care,” he says. “They make you feel special. I am very
      after the biking incident. The damage to his heart, however,     “I am very grateful to the organization and the transplant  grateful to the organization and the transplant care doctors
      slowly progressed to heart failure and malignant arrhythmia,   care doctors – they have become my friends and partners  – they have become my friends and partners in this ride of
      requiring the implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator   in this ride of a lifetime.”           a lifetime.”
      and advanced heart failure management under the care of     Dr. Rodriguez’s heart muscle had deteriorated to the    The Transplant Center at Cleveland Clinic in Florida
      cardiologists at Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital.  point where a transplant was the only solution. He was  builds upon the longstanding success of the world-
        “My  prognosis  was  that  the  damage  would  worsen   admitted to the ICU, where he was intubated for a few  renowned Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. Patients receive
      with age,” he says. “I had a feeling I was going to end up   days and then required an IABP support to stabilize his  the highest-level medical care from top experts in organ
      needing a transplant – it was always in the back of my   condition while he waited for a donor heart that would be  transplantation. Visit  ClevelandClinicFlorida.org/
      mind. But I was doing well, still able to ride a bike, work   compatible for him.                   Transplant to learn more.

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