Becky’s heart transplant after a massive heart attack got her back to the slopes

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Feb. 19, 2017

Heart transplant recipient, Becky Pomerleau, was airlifted to University of Colorado Hospital after suffering a massive heart attack while skiing in Breckenridge. This is her inspirational story of survival.

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UCHealth is an innovative, nonprofit health system that delivers the highest quality medical care with an excellent patient experience. With 24,000 employees, UCHealth includes 12 acute-care full-service hospitals and hundreds of physicians across Colorado, southern Wyoming and western Nebraska. With University of Colorado Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus as its academic anchor and the only adult academic medical center in the region, UCHealth pushes the boundaries of medicine, providing advanced treatments and clinical trials and improving health through innovation.