Morris County Woman Walks Out of Hospital with New Heart

NJ Woman Returns To Newark Hospital With Diseased Heart In Hands

On Friday, a 49-year-old Rockaway Township resident walked into Newark Beth Israel Medical Center one year to the day after she left to fulfill a promise: I’m coming back with my heart in my hands.

National Wear Red Day has a special significance for New Jersey heart transplant patient Lisa Salberg, who is now using a plasticized version of her old, diseased heart to raise awareness about the genetic disease that plagued her and her family: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

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