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Health and Wellness | June 21, 2018

What Are the Symptoms of a Heart Attack in Men and Women? (video)

Stethoscope on top of white lab coat, symbolizing heart health.
Men and women may have different symptoms when experiencing a heart attack. A Scripps cardiologist, explains the warning signs.
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.
News Releases | May 18, 2018

Scripps Enrolls First Local Patient for Heart Failure Device Trial

The interatrial shunt device is an experimental device designed to relieve symptoms from heart failure.
Scripps enrolled the first local patient in an international clinical trial of an interatrial shunt device designed to relieve heart failure symptoms.
Health and Wellness | May 1, 2018

How the Watchman Implant Is Helping People with AFib (podcast)

Scripps cardiologist Douglas Gibson and his patient, David Brush discuss how the Watchman heart device came to be the right solution for Brush, who has AFib.
Health and Wellness | April 24, 2018

No More Blood Thinners Thanks to Watchman Device (video)

David Brush is thankful for the minimally invasive Watchman heart procedure that has allowed him to stop taking blood thinners to treat his AFib condition.
Health and Wellness | April 3, 2018

Heart Attack Symptoms in Women, Not Always Same as in Men (podcast)

Two Scripps Clinic cardiologists explain heart attack symptoms in women and why they are sometimes different than what men experience.
Health and Wellness | March 27, 2018

Why Heart Disease is the Single Biggest Health Threat to Women (video)

Christina Adams, MD, cardiologist at the Scripps Women's Heart Center at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, uses visuals to explain heart disease to patients.
Scripps Women’s Heart Center doctors discuss the early signs of a heart attack in women and how women can reduce their risk factors.
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.
Health and Wellness | February 23, 2018

3 Worst Health Habits in San Diego

A young Caucasian woman in a hammock represents how a sedentary lifestyle can end up hurting your health.
Find out which three unhealthy habits lead to four of the deadliest diseases in San Diego County — and what you can do about it.