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SPECIALTY OUTPATIENT CARE FOR
THE CARDIAC PROCEDURE THAT SAVED A WOMAN’S LIFE IS NOW AVAILABLE TO MORE PATIENTS.
What happened to Debora Edwards shows how the procedure known as angioplasty or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can save lives—and prevent devastating losses to families.
In September 2019, the now-51-yearold Rumson resident was rushed to Monmouth Medical Center (MMC) with a heart attack. Three years later, in an emotional reunion outside the hospital’s Emergency Department (ED), she was finally able to thank a doctor who had been part of a team that kept her alive.
“All I could think about in the ambulance three years ago was my husband and kids, who were 12 and 9 at the time,” Debora says. “Now when I look at my children, I remember that without the wonderful professionals who saved my life that day, I would not be here to raise my family.”
A DIRE EMERGENCY
Debora had felt sluggish and tired for a few weeks, but the heart attack otherwise came out of the blue. “I’m active, eat a pretty good diet and had no history of heart problems,” she says. “I went from feeling OK to having a full blockage in a matter of minutes.” A friend who happened to be visiting called 911.
The sight of the emergency team at the door of MMC’s ED stands out in Debora’s memory. “It brought this sense of peace
