WakeMed Patient Stories: Rep. Becky Carney's Story

Ask State Representative Becky Carney where to go after sudden cardiac death, and her answer will be, WakeMed. Because, on April 2, 2009, she died in her statehouse office. Literally. But, thanks to her colleagues, an on-site defibrillator, and WakeMed heart specialists offering extraordinary cardiac care, she got her life back. And the people of North Carolina got Becky Carney back. Its stories like this that demonstrate why WakeMed is the areas leading heart and vascular center. Beckys story continues at wakemed.org.

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• WakeMed Health & Hospitals
• cardiac arrest
• Raleigh
• North Carolina
• heart
• vascular
• heart disease
• AICD procedure
• Wake Med
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