Musician Marty Gordon suffered a stroke and was brought into UCHealth Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo. Turns out, he wasn't just a stroke patient. A CAT scan showed he had a clot in a large vessel in his brain that had traveled there after forming in his heart. As part of his treatment, a cardiology team stepped in and discovered he has atrial fibrillation (AFib), which was longstanding and otherwise undetected prior to his stroke. It caused not only the blood clot that resulted in his stroke, but it caused his heart muscle to weaken and put him in heart failure. The doctors put him on appropriate heart medications to control his AFib, and he was enrolled in the Heart Failure Clinic Program at UCHealth Memorial Hospital. The program provides high-quality care for patients in all stages of heart failure. Marty went home from UCHealth Memorial Hospital after seven days, started his cardiac rehab and has made a full recovery.
Musician Marty Gordon suffered a stroke and was brought into UCHealth Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo. Turns out, he wasn't just a stroke patient. A CAT scan showed he had a clot in a large vessel in his brain that had traveled there after forming in his heart. As part of his treatment, a cardiology team stepped in and discovered he has atrial fibrillation (AFib), which was longstanding and otherwise undetected prior to his stroke. It caused not only the blood clot that resulted in his stroke, but it caused his heart muscle to weaken and put him in heart failure. The doctors put him on appropriate heart medications to control his AFib, and he was enrolled in the Heart Failure Clinic Program at UCHealth Memorial Hospital. The program provides high-quality care for patients in all stages of heart failure. Marty went home from UCHealth Memorial Hospital after seven days, started his cardiac rehab and has made a full recovery.