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'Heart & Vascular Institute' Swedish News Blog posts
TV News Story Talks about the Benefits of Electron Beam Tomography Heart Scans
SEATTLE, Jan. 30, 2004 - Swedish Heart Institute (SHI) cardiologist Gary Oppenheim, M.D., was interviewed for a story about Electron Beam Tomography (EBT) heart scans that aired during KING 5 Television's (ch. 5; NBC) 5 p.m. newscast on Jan. 29.In the story, Dr. Oppenheim, who is director of S...
November Issue of Washington CEO Includes Special Report on Seattle Heart Alliance
The November 2003 issue of Washington CEO magazine includes a 24-page special insert titled "Seattle Heart Alliance - A World-Class Vision." Written by local free-lance writer Janice Kennedy, the series of four articles describe how local health-care, community and political leaders are ...
Summit Cardiology Joins Swedish Heart Institute -- Swedish strengthens cooperative relationship with Northwest Hospital & Medical Center
SEATTLE, Sept. 24, 2003 -- The physicians at Summit Cardiology, a 10-member specialty cardiology practice with three north Seattle locations, have each signed an employment agreement with Swedish Heart Institute, a broad network of hospitals and physicians providing a seamless system of ...
State Provides Seed Money for World-class Heart Institute
SEATTLE. June 26, 2003 - Washington state is joining the campaign to build an advanced cardiovascular care center to rival any in the world. Lawmakers recently approved - and today Governor Gary Locke signed - a $4 million appropriation to support the new Seattle Heart Alliance. The alliance is head...
Swedish Heart Institute Becomes One of First Programs in Country to Begin Offering Newly Approved Drug-Eluting Stent
SEATTLE, March 24, 2003 -- Swedish Medical Center's Heart Institute now offers the new CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Stent, the first drug-eluting stent to receive marketing approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of blocked coronary arteries. The new CYPHER S...
Stroke Prevention: Stents vs. Surgery -- Swedish Heart Institute taking part in numerous carotid-stent clinical trials
SEATTLE, May 10, 2002 – Surgery is the most common treatment for clearing blocked neck arteries. But is there a less invasive alternative? That's what researchers at Swedish and other leading medical institutions are trying to understand. Blockages in the neck's carotid arteries – the vital pipe...
