In the News
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| 02/15/2010 |
St. Joseph's Heart Doctor Says 'Broken Heart' Syndrome is Real
A leading cardiologist at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center confirms what countless love songs and poems have concluded: Yes, you really can die of a broken heart. |
| 02/09/2010 |
Winter Resident Gets "Life Back" Through Innovative Heart Procedure
Janice Edmondson thought her health was gone forever. She couldn’t take a morning walk, couldn’t enjoy her family, couldn’t play golf and couldn’t even clean her home. She was dizzy, tired, weak and suffering from a worsening heart condition called atrial fibrillation (AFib.) |
| 08/17/2009 |
Surgery Gives Arizona Cowboy a Chance to Pursue Dream of Professional Roping
Since four years of age, Joseph Kimball, 46, has been an Arizona cowboy with dreams of becoming a professional roper. Late last year, he almost lost that dream when his heart began to deteriorate. Luckily, a team of cardiac surgeons at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center's Heart & Lung Institute, was able to repair Joseph's heart to help him continue his passion. |
| 04/15/2009 |
St. Joseph's First to Dedicate Groundbreaking 3-D Imagery to Open Heart Surgery
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has become the first hospital in Arizona to dedicate a groundbreaking type of image technology to open heart surgery. The Siemens technology is an echocardiography system that captures 3-D heart images in real time. Maneuvered by a cardiac anesthesiologist, the system is used to guide surgeons interoperatively by providing a detailed view of the heart and its function during surgery. |
| 11/13/2008 |
St. Joseph's is Offering a New Procedure that Cures a Common Heart Condition
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center is offering the latest minimally invasive surgery to cure a progressive and debilitating heart arrhythmia. The new surgical approach is an option for patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib), a serious heart-rhythm problem that can lead to congestive heart failure and stroke. Afib is the most common of heart arrhythmias and the number one cause of stroke.
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