In the News
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| 10/06/2011 |
Doctor Freezes Part of Maui Woman’s Heart to Cure Dangerous Condition
Maui resident Leslie Granat is one of the first wave of patients in the nation to undergo a cutting-edge procedure that involves freezing part of the heart in order to cure a potentially life-threatening cardiac rhythm disorder. |
| 04/20/2011 |
St. Joseph's among first to offer innovative technology to treat heart condition
A physician at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Wilber Su, MD, is the first physician in the Southwest to offer the Arctic Front® Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter system to treat paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF), a serious heart rhythm disorder that affects millions of Americans. |
| 02/14/2011 |
Valley Couple Stresses Importance of Being Your Own Health Advocate
Recent data emphasizes the importance of becoming your own health advocate and, when Gerald Bazzell, 56, was diagnosed with a severe heart defect, he and his wife became examples of how to be smart shoppers in today’s healthcare market. |
| 02/09/2011 |
New Drug to Liberate AFib Patients
Experts at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center say a new drug has the potential to liberate patients and jumpstart a new generation of treatment breakthroughs for patients suffering from atrial fibrillation (AFib). |
| 02/09/2011 |
St. Joseph’s Surgeons Voice Concern about New Heart Disease Epidemic
This February, as the nation recognizes another American Heart Month, experts around the country say that one of the most common forms of heart disease, Atrial Fibrillation, has reached epidemic proportions and will only worsen as the country’s approximated 75 million baby boomers continue to age.
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| 02/15/2010 |
St. Joseph's Heart Doctor Says 'Broken Heart' Syndrome is Real
A leading cardiac surgeon 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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