Clinical trials are pivotal to advancing patient care and treatment strategies. These trials provide the foundation for evidence-based practices, shaping how healthcare providers manage heart conditions and vascular issues. They’re instrumental in evaluating the safety and effectiveness of new therapies, procedures, and medical devices, ultimately leading to improved outcomes and quality of life for patients.
Participating in these trials not only ensures access to cutting-edge treatments but also allows individuals to contribute to the advancement of medical science, bringing hope to those affected by heart and vascular diseases.
Versil Joyles-Stapleton, 76, can’t seem to slow herself down — a drastic change to how she lived her life just two years ago.
In 2021, she could barely get herself out of bed. Daily tasks were impossible and masks made it hard to breathe. She was always exhausted, she stopped driving, stopped cooking, stopped volunteering at her church — she was too tired to do anything. She just stopped living.
Then one appointment with her cardiologist helped her make sense of it all. Versil was diagnosed with a severe case of aortic valve regurgitation, a condition that occurs where the aortic valve in the heart does not close tightly and allows blood to leak back into the heart chamber. The solution? Open heart surgery.
“I didn’t want to undergo open heart surgery,” Versil said.
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