17 Years of Perspective: Attorney Gerald Edelstein Understands the Value of Organ Donation
Cedars-SinaiEntertainment industry attorney Gerald Edelstein was doing everything right to avoid a heart attack "“ eating a heart-healthy diet with no red meat or dairy products and religiously working out at the gym. But one day in mid-February 1990, his best efforts were no match for the unstable plaque that had quietly accumulated in the arteries feeding his heart. A clot broke loose, blocking the blood flow and starving his heart of oxygen. Now, 17 years after receiving his donated heart, Edelstein and his physicians are available for interviews to discuss living with a transplanted organ.