That's a powerful thing to sit with, looking at a timeline like this and remembering that the first mark on it was the moment I was dying, not just a data point on a chart. There is a profound difference between a clinical timeline and a lived human reality. When you look at a graphic like this, it's easy to see a series of successful regulatory steps, clinical trial milestones, and procedural breakthroughs. But behind that first entry on the chart was the reality of my life

Five years ago, traditional surgery was completely off the table for torrential tricuspid regurgitation. Running out of options, I made a last-ditch effort and joined a groundbreaking transcatheter trial as an early pioneer. I left with a 52mm bioprosthetic valve beating inside my chest. Now that I've officially crossed the finish line of this five-year trial, I can look back with perspective. From a data standpoint, my participation was a flawless corporate and clinical triu