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Lee said Valencis also developed severely low blood pressure from this massive heart attack and required a special mechanical circulatory support device, an IMPELLA, to maintain his blood circulation because his heart didn’t have enough power to circulate his blood through his body. Juyong Lee said Kirk Valencis went into cardiac arrest once in the catheterization lab and required electric cardioversion and CPR once during a procedure. Time was of the essence.”Ĭardiologist Dr. … We were able to make the judgment calls. It was because of the team we have that he survived. “This was someone who was expected to die. “The stars were aligned for him all along the way - at home and here with a great team,” said Sai-Sudhakar. He went into cardiac arrest several times, the surgeon said. Chittoor Sai-Sudhakar said “everything was blocked” to Valencis’ heart and it was operating at only five percent. Once there, Kirk Valencis’ lucky streak continued, doctors said.Ĭardiac surgeon Dr.

Dawn Valencis said the EMT’s came and were going to bring him to Bristol Hospital, but the more experienced EMT did an EKG and determined UConn Health would probably be better. “It’s just a chain of events gone right.” The two dated in high school, went their separate ways, had families and reconnected romantically 11 years ago, marrying about seven years ago. “I would have come home to find him dead in the bed,” said Dawn Valencis, who was at work that day. And if it wasn’t for the dogs’ persistent barking, Prims would have gone home and left Kirk to rest. Prims, 56, who had a mild heart attack in 2013, gave his friend an aspirin and said he was calling an ambulance.ĭawn Valencis, Kirk Valencis’ wife, said if it wasn’t for her husband’s aunt needing something moved, Prims wouldn’t have been there.

Robert Prims (left) helped his best friend, Kirk Valencis, survive a heart attack by sticking around to tend to three barking dogs.Īfter Prims came back in with three happy dogs, Valencis told him he had developed pain in his left arm.