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CARDIAC CARE
THE MAZ TAKES
A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN TREATING MYOPATHIES
By DON TREMBATH
Born in Lebanon, Karl Sacca and his mother visited every dermatologist they could find in search of a remedy for his hands that were so dry they would crack when he tried curling his fingers. No one, it
seemed, had an answer.
“Some of the ointments they gave me made it worse,” recalls
Sacca, an otherwise happy kid whose love for the theatre far outweighed his mother’s concerns. “When she told me she had found a new dermatologist we could see, I told her, ‘No way. I’m not going.’ Of course, we went. She always won those arguments.”
The doctor had a new theory, one that proved to be correct. It also saved Sacca’s life.
“He called my mom into the examination room and told her to sit down. He said, ‘Karl has a very serious heart condition.
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