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OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute receives Gold-Plus Award for outstanding heart failure care

June 17, 2015

The OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute has been awarded the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation for consistently meeting advanced ...

Hillsboro High School team wins Portland AED scavenger hunt, will receive $10,000

April 27, 2015

Media Alert WHAT A team of Hillsboro High School students will be awarded the $10,000 grand prize for locating the most automated external defibrillators in the Portland metro region as part of the Portland Metro HeartMap Challenge. The month-long ...

Knight Cardiovascular Institute first in Pacific Northwest to receive Heart Failure Certification

February 04, 2015

The OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute today announced that, just in time for American Heart Month, it’s heart failure program has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® and the American Heart Association’s Heart-Check mark for ...

Research uncovers potential therapy to prevent arrhythmias, sudden cardiac death after heart attack

February 01, 2015

A therapy currently under development for spinal cord injuries has been shown to stimulate nerve regeneration in the heart and provide resistance to arrhythmias following a heart attack, according to a new study published today in the journal Nature ...

OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Edwards Lifesciences launch knowledge exchange between engineers and cardiologists

January 08, 2015

The OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute and Edwards Lifesciences, the global leader in the science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring, today announced the launch of the Starr Educational Training Program, a technical training program that ...

OHSU first in Oregon to implant newly approved miniature heart monitor

February 28, 2014

Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cardiovascular Institute today became the first in Oregon, and among the first in the nation, to implant in a patient the smallest cardiac monitoring device available. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

OHSU first in Oregon to implant newly approved miniature heart monitor

February 28, 2014

Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cardiovascular Institute today became the first in Oregon, and among the first in the nation, to implant in a patient the smallest cardiac monitoring device available. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

New cardiovascular institute at OHSU will be named the OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute

December 11, 2012

With a $125 million gift to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in September 2012, Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, made what is believed to be the largest reported private philanthropic investment to advance ...

New cardiovascular institute at OHSU will be named the OHSU Knight Cardiovascular Institute

December 11, 2012

With a $125 million gift to Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in September 2012, Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, made what is believed to be the largest reported private philanthropic investment to advance ...

OHSU first on West Coast to implant heart valve using newly approved technique

October 29, 2012

The OHSU Heart Valve Team has successfully performed the West Coast’s first non-investigational transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in a patient with severe aortic stenosis using a transapical approach in which a catheter (hollow tube) is ...

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