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Scripps in the News | July 10, 2018
Scripps Heart Transplant Patient Lauds Use of LVAD to Keep Him Alive
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)
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)
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.
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.
Scripps in the News | November 13, 2017
Baseball Great Rod Carew Says He's Thankful to be Alive at Conference
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.
Scripps in the News | April 19, 2017
Rod Carew Press Conference Features Scripps Cardiologist
Scripps heart failure specialist Ajay Srivastava, MD, recently participated in a press conference with Scripps cardiology patient Rod Carew.
Scripps in the News | February 8, 2017
Media Cover New Women's Heart Support Group in Rancho Bernardo
A new Scripps Clinic Rancho Bernardo support group for women with heart problems was covered by the Poway Patch recently.
Scripps in the News | January 26, 2017
MedCity News Interviews Cardiologist About Experimental Heart Pump
Ajay Srivastava, MD, a cardiologist with Scripps Clinic, says a robotic heart sleeve tested in animals shows promise for treating humans with heart failure.
News Releases | January 16, 2017
Double Heart Attack Survivor Launches Women’s Heart Support Group at Scripps Clinic Rancho Bernardo
A year and a half after surviving two heart attacks, Scripps patient Bertha Verde is launching a support group for women like her.
Scripps in the News | January 4, 2017
Magazine Features Scripps LVAD Program
A recent article in Ranch & Coast magazine highlighted the left ventricular assist device (LVAD), a lifesaving technology available at Scripps Health.