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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 ...

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 ...

Historic gift from Phil and Penny Knight establishes institute for cardiovascular research and care at OHSU

September 17, 2012

Oregon Health & Science University today announced a transformational gift of $125 million from Nike co-founder and Chairman Phil Knight and his wife Penny to advance OHSU’s world-class programs in cardiovascular medicine and research. The gift is the ...

OHSU leads NIH-funded study in Oregon to improve survival among cardiac arrest victims

June 04, 2012

Oregon Health & Science University is participating in a multi-center clinical trial to determine whether two drugs commonly used to stabilize the heart during cardiac arrest actually improve survival rates and neurological function among cardiac ...

Dr. Albert Starr takes on new role at OHSU

July 22, 2011

Albert Starr, M.D., best known for co-inventing and implanting the world’s first successful artificial heart valve, is taking on a new role at OHSU as special adviser to OHSU Dean of Medicine Mark Richardson, M.D., M.B.A., and OHSU President Joe ...

Blood Test Identifies People at Risk for Heart Attack That Other Tests Miss

April 19, 2010

A simple blood test can identify people who are at risk for a heart attack, including thousands who don’t have high cholesterol, according to researchers at Oregon Health & Science University. The new test measures gamma-prime fibrinogen, a component ...

OHSU Heart Research Center Presents, ‘Diabetes: Let’s Save the Next Generation’

March 09, 2010

WHAT: The incidence of childhood obesity and diabetes in the United States has increased dramatically in the last 30 years. Susan Ozanne, Ph.D., is world renowned for her groundbreaking work on this disease and its prenatal origins. Ozanne is British ...

OHSU Evaluating Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Attack Damage

January 05, 2010

Oregon Health & Science University is enrolling research participants in a new clinical trial that evaluates whether intravenous infusions of adult stem cells can restore damaged heart tissue in patients after a heart attack. OHSU is the only health ...

Community Study on Victims of Cardiac Arrest Completed

November 06, 2009

Giving cardiac arrest patients at least 30 seconds of CPR before assessing the need to use an electrical shock to restart their hearts is just as effective as performing 3 minutes of CPR before the assessment, a recently completed study found. The ...

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