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Patient Testimonials

Heart Disease comes in many sizes, ages, and faces. Meet some of our patients and read or watch their stories:

Tom Hill

Palmetto Health Heart Hospital patient Tom Hill says he was treated like family after suffering a heart attack and receiving record-breaking care.

 Nancy Holderman Smith
Nancy Holderman Smith is a female who is now passionate about speaking to people on heart disease because she feels she was given a second chance at life. She had no known risk factors, was slim, ate right and exercised. Around Labor Day in 2006, she began to experience some mild tightness across her chest, in her jaw, and in her neck. She also had a dull ache down her arm. It did not feel like anything too severe, but actually was a massive heart attack. 

Nancy wants to tell women not to ignore their health and listen to their bodies. The symptoms of heart problems are varied from person to person and especially from women to men.

Nancy was very pleased with her Cardiac Rehabilitation at Palmetto Health Heart Hospital, but is a forever changed woman from her experience. She lives in a new reality as a heart patient. Please join her in educating yourself and your loved ones about Women and Heart Disease.

 Millie Headrick

Millie Headrick has heart disease and had two stents placed in September 2007 here at Palmetto Health Heart Hospital. She is a thin, fit woman who exercises regularly, taught aerobics classes for many years, eats right, and had no known risk factors for heart disease. Her first consultation with a physician did not result in aggressive follow-up.  She sought a second opinion which resulted in a correct diagnosis before she suffered a heart attack.

She has attended Cardiac Rehabilitation at Palmetto Health Heart Hospital since November 2007 and credits the knowledge that she gained from the program to help her recognize her symptoms and take appropriate steps to again avoid a heart attack when the stents re-blocked in March 2008. The problem was resolved with bypass surgery. She continues to be alert to her disease and wants to educate other women to be aware of the symptoms of heart disease.