Comment on Mar 09, 2020
Timo Söderlund
Patient Advocate
Survivor of Aortic Dissection type A. Founder of patient organization, September 19 movement and active patient advocate globally.
Activities
Comment on Feb 12, 2020
Timo Söderlund commented on presentation A patient perspective on Aortic Disease.
Awareness
A patient perspective on Aortic Disease
The article provide the personal views, experiences and thoughts of one patient diagnosed with Bicuspid Aortic Valve syndrome (BAV), Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection (FTAAD) and Atrioventricular Block (AV block) since 2012. The author has no medical education. The contents are written in layman’s terms. You can read about one patient’s personal experience of aortic diseases.
Awareness
Aortic Disease Awareness Day – the idea behind it.
Speech made for a September 19 – Aortic Disease Awareness Day event hosted by Professor Germano Melissano and Dr Allesandro Pini for Aortic Surgeons, researchers and patients in Milano Italy, describing the idea and need from a patients perspective behind a common day to increase interest, understanding and awareness on rare aortic diseases.