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Voice of Survival: A Radio Broadcaster’s Journey Through a Rare Heart Condition

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Alan Braverman, MD, FACC, Alumni Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular Diseases Professor of Medicine Section Head, General Cardiology Director, Marfan Syndrome and Aortopathy Center Director, Neidorff Aortopathy and Master Clinician in Cardiology Fellowship Program
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When well-known St. Louis radio broadcaster John Carney, 61, experienced a sudden, life-threatening aortic dissection, WashU Medicine experts at Barnes-Jewish Hospital identified the hidden genetic condition behind it—and set out to save his life.