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Scripps in the News | February 21, 2024

Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome Getting New Attention from MDs

Scripps Clinic advanced heart failure specialist, J. Thomas Heywood, MD, discusses the ways Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic (CKM) syndrome is being redefined.
Patient Stories | November 25, 2020

Heart Failure Device Offers Peace of Mind

A life-changing device available at Scripps lets doctors remotely monitor people with heart failure, while letting patients live life to the fullest.
News Releases | February 5, 2019

Scripps Clinic Named First Center of Excellence in San Diego County for Treating Prevalent Heart Disease

Dr. Jorge Gonzalez, cardiology, Scripps Clinic.
Scripps Clinic has been named a Center of Excellence by the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association, the first in San Diego County to be recognized for...
Scripps in the News | July 10, 2018

Scripps Heart Transplant Patient Lauds Use of LVAD to Keep Him Alive

Thomas Heywood, MD, treating LVAD heart patient Scott Fitzgerald
Heart transplant patient Scott Fitzgerald was featured on 10News, Ivanhoe News, and San Diego Magazine explaining how the use of the LVAD helped save his life.
Health and Wellness | May 29, 2018

LVADs, Pacemakers and How One Woman Is Thriving After a Heart Transplant (podcast)

A heart failure patient holds an LVAD device that has been implanted to keep the patient's heart functioning while a new heart becomes available for a heart transplant.
Heart failure patient Darla Calvet and cardiologist Thomas Heywood discuss how the LVAD helped keep her heart working while she waited for a heart transplant.
Health and Wellness | May 22, 2018

LVAD Buys Time, Saves Lives When Heart Failure Strikes (video)

Cardiologist Thomas Heywood, MD, and patient Darla Calvet sat down with San Diego Health host Susan Taylor to discuss how Calvet overcame heart failure with help from a heart device known as LVAD.
A heart device known as LVAD helped keep Scripps patient Darla Calvet alive while she waited for a heart transplant to overcome her heart failure condition.
Scripps in the News | November 13, 2017

Baseball Great Rod Carew Says He's Thankful to be Alive at Conference

Scripps heart care physicians and experts gather to celebrate baseball legend Rod Carew's life and successful recovery.
Baseball great Rod Carew was recently profiled in a news article by the American Heart Association. Carew credits Scripps for helping to save his life.
News Releases | May 3, 2016

Scripps Experts Present at Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions

Scripps Health cardiology experts will share leading edge techniques for improving heart care during the annual Heart Rhythm Scientific Sessions.
Patient Stories | March 30, 2016

Scripps’ Renowned Heart Care Saves Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew’s Life

Hall of Famer Rod Carew turned to Scripps for an LVAD when he was facing heart failure.
Major League Baseball Hall of Famer and All Star Rod Carew underwent a successful LVAD procedure from Scripps Health in San Diego, California
Scripps in the News | March 22, 2016

Media Outlets Cover Recovery Milestone Announcement By Scripps Patient Rod Carew

Scripps Health San Diego Patient, Rod Carew's recovery.
Scripps heart failure patient and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Rod Carew recently announced that he is being evaluated for a heart transplant.