Grateful heart still ticking 65 years after repair

Andree Jacob at the beach Celebrating advancements of cardiac care                Sixty-five years after her open-heart surgery — a procedure that was pioneered in the U.S. just years before she needed it — Andree Jacob’s heart is still ticking strong. She is a living testament to the importance of medical innovation and the lifetime of gratitude that comes with it. When Andree, 72, from the Canadian province of Quebec, was a child, her mother noticed she…