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The Widow Maker Caught in Time: A Heart Story
Dr. Chance DeWitt, cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon with FMOL Health | Our Lady of Lourdes Heart Hospital, has seen it more times than he can count – a patient with serious heart disease who had no idea anything was wrong. The "widow maker" doesn't always announce itself.
Coach Danny Broussard knows how close that call can be. He thought he felt fine – no chest pain, nothing he could point to as a warning. But Dr. DeWitt would later note that subtle signs, like occasional shortness of breath, were there all along, easy to dismiss and easy to miss. A routine checkup, slightly high…
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