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We are excited to welcome Megan Fraser to our Second Chance for Life Board of Directors. Meg has been a nurse practitioner for 11 years...

We’d like to extend a heartfelt welcome to Makala Nitkowski. Makala joins Angela Herr as a heart transplant/mechanical circulatory...

Matt Johnson was diagnosed with congenital heart defects shortly after birth. He battled heart issues throughout his life, undergoing...

Interviews with some of the U of M Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologists. Dr. Thennapan Thennapan Can you tell us a bit...

Here you will find are resources and videos for all patients and families.

Here you will find resources and videos for Transplant patients and families.

Here you will find are resources and videos for LVAD patients and families.

The birth of the Hero Hustle In the small northwestern Minnesota town of Oklee, population 435, a long five-hour drive from the...

Glen Kelley shares his story and the Second Chance for Life Foundation in the Journal of Heart Failure ​Second Chance for Life...

U of M Social Workers Angela and Natalia Partner with Second Chance for Life When social worker Angela Herr asks her young son what his...

Using the provided emergency bag to carry extra batteries, clips and additional controller is needed. Alternatively, some patients have...

After surgery, LVAD patients receive standard, wearable equipment for securing the batteries and controller. Additionally, patients have...

Consult the Travel section of the Abbott LVAD website below, don’t forget to download their brochure “Traveling with Your HeartMate LVAD...