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An infographic on women and heart disease.
Health and Wellness | June 26, 2019

Women and Heart Disease

Learn about heart disease risk factors unique to women and treatment options at Scripps Women's Heart Center. Follow our infographic.
Image of What Is Robotic Surgery Ask the Expert video with Dr. Hemp.
Health and Wellness | May 17, 2019

What Is Robotic Heart Surgery? (video)

James Hemp, MD, a cardiothorasic surgeon at Scripps, explains the difference between traditional open heart surgery and robot-assisted heart surgery.
Dr. Matthew Price is an interventional cardiologist with Scripps Clinic, and is featured in San Diego Health podcast on PFO.
Health and Wellness | January 30, 2019

Devices Now Able to Close a Hole in the Heart and Cut Risk of Stroke (podcast)

Dr. Matthew Price, interventional cardiologist at Scripps Clinic, explains how patent foramen ovale (PFO) is treated in people who are at risk of a stroke.
Dr. Matthew Price, interventional cardiologist at Scripps, and San Diego Health host Susan Taylor discuss patent foramen ovale (PFO).
Health and Wellness | January 28, 2019

What Happens If You Have a Hole in Your Heart? (video)

A Scripps cardiologist discusses patent foramen ovale (PFO), a heart defect that puts some people at risk of a stroke.
A clinical provider monitors a heart rate machine while heart patients undergo cardiac rehabilitation exercises.
Health and Wellness | January 28, 2019

Cardiac Rehabilitation Program Gets Heart Patients Back to Health

A cardiologist at Scripps Health, discusses the benefits of cardiac rehabilitation programs for people who've suffered heart attacks or have heart disease.
Matthew Price, MD, is an interventional cardiologist at Scripps Clinic, who uses the MitraClip seen in this photo to help fix leaky mitral heart valve.
Health and Wellness | November 19, 2018

What is a Mitral Valve? (video)

Matthew Price, MD, an interventional cardiologist, explains the role of the mitral valve in our hearts, how leaky valves occur and how a device known as the...
A doctor shows imaging of a brain stroke.
Health and Wellness | October 30, 2018

What Is a Stroke? (video)

Mary Kalafut, MD, a neurologist at Scripps Clinic, explains what a stroke is and who is most at risk as well as treatment options available.
Health and Wellness | August 27, 2018

Leaky Heart Valve Treatment: The MitraClip Can Fix It (podcast)

Matthew Price, MD, discusses how the MitraClip procedure can repair mitral valve regurgitation without having open-heart surgery.
A physician checks a female patient's heartbeat using a stethoscope. She's checking for a heart murmur and possibility she may have atrial fibrillation.
Health and Wellness | August 27, 2018

What Is Atrial Fibrillation (AFib)? (video)

Douglas Gibson, MD, director of cardiac electrophysiology at Scripps Clinic, discusses the use of the Watchman heart device to treat atrial fibrillation (AFib).
Matthew Price, MD, is an interventional cardiologist at Scripps Clinic, who uses the MitraClip seen in this photo to help fix leaky mitral heart valve.
Health and Wellness | August 21, 2018

Fixing Leaky Heart Valves Without Open Heart Surgery (video)

Mitral regurgitation or a leaky mitral heart valve can lead to problems. The MitraClip can fix it without open heart surgery.