Scripps Cardiovascular Care

Cardiovascular Firsts

1985

• Scripps enters into anongoing partnershipwith Kaiser Permanenteas the exclusiveprovider of cardiacsurgery for its localmembers

1988

• First rotoblatorprocedure in theUnited States tobreak up plaque inthe arteries

• First in San Diego touse catheter ablationto cure arrhythmias

1990

• First in SouthernCalifornia tosurgically correctWolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

• First in SouthernCalifornia to performopen heart surgery tocure arrhythmias

• One of the first stents(Palmaz-Schatz) co-invented by a Scrippscardiologist

1995

• World’s first vascularradiation therapyprocedures

• First in the U.S. toimplant a dual-chamber defibrillator

2005

• First heartpod—asensor that transmitsinformation to awireless, handheldcomputer—in theWestern United States

2008

• First percutaneouscardiac valvereplacement in San Diego

2009

• First in SouthernCalifornia to utilizeCARTO soundmapping technologyin atrial fibrillationablation

• One of the firsthospitals in countryto utilize HansenSensei X robot forcatheter ablation

• First in California toutilize Carrot EP lab-integrated monitorsystem.

2010

• First in the UnitedStates to applygenotyping toimprove heart care

• First use of genetictesting to determinetreatment efficacy

• First in the world totest a MEM sensor toevaluate cardiacdyssynchrony andbiventricular pacing

2011

• First Vscantechnology allowingfor wirelessmonitoring anddiagnosis

2012

• First in San Diego touse approvedcryoablation (cold)technology to cureatrial fibrillation

• One of threecardiovascular sites toparticipate in ZioPatch study

• First in California toStudy WatchmanDevice

• First in San Diego touse Lariat® SutureDelivery Device

2013

• First in San Diego tosuccessfully use theAngioVac venousdrainage system

• Only West Coast sitefor nationwide stemcell clinical trial,ATHENA

• First in the country touse Capitivia thoracicstent graft after FDAapproval

• First in San Diego touse a percutaneousMitraClip for high risksurgical patients

• First in California toinsert an EndologixAFX stent graft afterFDA approval

• “First in humans”ALLSTAR study toevaluate infusedallogeneiccardiosphere-derivedstem cells (CAP-1002)in patients who havehad a recent MI

• First in San Diego tostudy Absorbdissolvable stentimplant for heartdisease treatment inclinical trial

2014

• First in the UnitedStates to implant the Reveal LINQ™

Insertable CardiacMonitor (ICM)

• First in SouthernCalifornia to implantthe Nanostim™

leadless pacemaker

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U.S. News & World Report’s2014-2015 Best Hospitals nationalrankings named the combinedheart programs of Scripps MemorialHospital La Jolla and Scripps GreenHospital #18 in the nation forcardiology and heart surgery.

U.S. News & World Report’s2013-2014 Best Hospitalsregional rankings named ScrippsMercy Hospital among the best inthe region for cardiology and heartsurgery.

Becker’s Hospital Reviewnamed Scripps Health to itsannual “100 Hospitals and HealthSystems with Great HeartPrograms.”

Scripps Health is the onlyCalifornia health system namedamong the Top 15 HealthSystems in the Nation by TruvenHealth Analytics, formerly ThomsonReuters.

Scripps Green Hospital wasnamed one of the 50 topcardiovascular hospitals in theUnited States by Truven HealthAnalytics for the sixth time.

For the fourth consecutive yearand the sixth time overall,Scripps Green Hospital has beennamed among the 100 TopHospitals in the Nation by TruvenHealth Analytics.

Accolades and Recognition

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Scripps Health is recognized as a Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America.

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