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Patient Stories | April 19, 2015

Thankful Family Supports National Nurses Week

To honor the caring nurses who provide hope and healing, Susan Taylor and her family give back to Scripps to help others.
Scripps in the News | March 1, 2015

New Heart Hospital Will Have Plenty of Patients

U-T San Diego asks if the region will generate enough patients for the new Prebys Cardiovascular Institute for heart care. The answer is yes.
Scripps in the News | February 27, 2015

Prebys Cardiovascular Institute Grand Opening Weekend Covered by Media

Prebys Cardiovascular Institute Open House
A weekend of events celebrated the grand opening of the Prebys Cardiovascular Institute at Scripps.
Scripps in the News | February 26, 2015

Prebys Cardiovascular Institute Opening Generates Wide Coverage

Media outlets from throughout San Diego reported on the recent grand opening of the Prebys Cardiovascular Institute at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla.
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 doctor with a white coat holds a red heart in their hands.
A group of leading heart specialists has proposed new guidelines for how donor hearts are matched to patients awaiting transplant.
News Releases | November 10, 2014

Scripps Green, Scripps Cardiovascular Programs Win Major Accolades

Scripps Green Hospital received their 6th Truven Health Analytics recognition of top 50 cardiovacular hospitals in the United States.
Scripps Green Hospital has been named one of the 50 top cardiovascular hospitals in the United States by Truven Health Analytics for the sixth time.
Scripps in the News | January 7, 2014

Mending a Broken Heart with Stem Cells

New clinical study, "Allstar", is testing cardiac stem cells ability to boost the heart’s natural ability to perform minor repairs.
A new stem-cell study, led by Scripps cardiologist Richard Schatz, MD, may regenerate dead heart muscle after a heart attack — previously thought impossible.
Patient Stories | June 9, 2013

Scripps Gives Hope for Heart Failure Patients

Scripps cardiologist help heart patient with ventricular assist device (VAD).
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.