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Health and Wellness | July 10, 2019
How to Prevent Cryptogenic Stroke with the PFO Occluder (video)
PFO is a condition that puts some at risk of cryptogenic stroke. A Scripps cardiologist explains how a medical device reduces that risk.
News Releases | February 5, 2019
Scripps Clinic Named First Center of Excellence in San Diego County for Treating Prevalent Heart Disease
Scripps Clinic has been named a Center of Excellence by the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association, the first in San Diego County to be recognized for...
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.
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.
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...
News Releases | September 12, 2018
Scripps Doctors Are First in San Diego Region to Implant Experimental Mitral Valve Replacement
Scripps cardiologists are first in San Diego to implant an experimental mitral valve replacement to treat mitral regurgitation without open heart surgery.
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.
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.
News Releases | May 18, 2018
Scripps Enrolls First Local Patient for Heart Failure Device Trial
Scripps enrolled the first local patient in an international clinical trial of an interatrial shunt device designed to relieve heart failure symptoms.
News Releases | February 27, 2018
Scripps Clinic Cardiologist First in Nation to Use Smallest Drug-Eluting Stent Following FDA Approval
A Scripps Clinic cardiologist became the first in the nation to use the smallest drug-eluting stent available in the U.S. market following FDA approval.