![Karim "Smokey" Rashid: Heart Transplant Patient A male nurse escorts a female patient to her room as she recovers from receiving her transplant.](/content/dam/stlukeshealth/images/headers/full-width/nurse-talks-to-transplant-patient.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1440.405.png)
Karim "Smokey" Rashid, heart transplant patient
Karim “Smokey” Rashid was 46 when he blacked out while driving. After meeting with his cardiologist, Smokey Rashid discovered he had cardiac sarcoidosis, a condition so severe it required a new heart. He was referred to the heart transplant team at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center and was placed on the transplant list.
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