The Catalyst Issue 17 | November 2013 | Page 26

CHANGE New tools and treatments reshape cardiac patients’ lives, with faster, safer diagnoses and quicker recoveries 26 The Catalyst November 13 | sw.org Scott & White Healthcare introduces minimally invasive diagnostics and innovative new therapies with clinical and cosmetic benefits for patients with congenital heart defects and heart disease. These exciting advancements are helping more people live better lives, while making the patient care experience much easier. healthcare industry nurse, Sandy Martin, 55, knew something was wrong as she prepared to attend her parents’ anniversary party in March 2008. She didn’t feel good, and had shortness of breath and pain that radiated up her jaw. “That’s when I knew I was having a heart attack,” the Round Rock, A Texas, resident says. She was taken to Scot