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Patient Stories | March 13, 2016
Former LVAD Patient Now a Resource for Others
Former Scripps LVAD patient Jim Bischoff helps current patients through the LVAD Ambassador Program to provide valuable information and support.
Scripps in the News | December 20, 2015
Newspaper Updates Recovery of Heart Patient Rod Carew
Scripps heart patient and MLB Hall of Famer Rod Carew discussed his challenges and accomplishments since being implanted with a Left Ventricular Assist Device.
Scripps in the News | December 3, 2015
Scripps LVAD Ambassador Program Featured on KUSI TV
Scripps heart failure specialist Dr. J. Thomas Heywood discusses LVAD Ambassador program in a recent KUSI TV interview.
Scripps in the News | November 23, 2015
Scripps Physicians Save Baseball Hall of Famer's Life with LVAD Heart Device
Major League Baseball star Rod Carew receives a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) at Scripps after suffering a massive heart attack in 2015.
Patient Stories | October 26, 2015
LVAD Keeps Mom’s Heart Going While Waiting for a Transplant
Darla Calvet's heart failure almost ended her life until a left-ventrical assist device (LVAD) at Scripps extended it while waiting for a transplant.
Scripps in the News | February 3, 2015
Scripps Patient Tells Story of Living with Heart Failure
Darla Calvet recalls receiving left ventricular assist device in her first-person account in U-T San Diego.
News Releases | January 12, 2015
Cardiac Specialists Recommend Donor Heart Allocation Changes
A group of leading heart specialists has proposed new guidelines for how donor hearts are matched to patients awaiting transplant.
Patient Stories | June 9, 2013
Scripps Gives Hope for Heart Failure Patients
Kjarla “KJ” Foster can now stop to smell the flowers after Scripps physicians implanted a mechanical device that keeps her heart pumping.
News Releases | November 19, 2012
VAD Program at Scripps Awarded Certification from The Joint Commission
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for implanting ventricular assist devices.