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Ravi Hira, MD, Jaime Pugeda, MD, Lane Wilson, BS, RCIS, CEPS, CCDS and patient David Haapala were featured on KBTC’s live “Top of the Morning” broadcast in April to discuss the Cardiac Catheterization with Stenting for Chronic Total Occlusions program at Pulse.

Pulse patient Dan Zahody's life was changed after his transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedure.

Pulse is featured on Becker's Hospital Review list of innovative heart centers.

High blood pressure. Sometimes it’s genetic. Other times it’s our diet. On occasion, it’s situational, such as the anxiety of sitting in a dentist’s chair. The good news: High blood pressure (HBP) is preventable — and in its more advanced stage of hypertension, even treatable.

Jaime Garcia, MSW, is living proof that routine check-ups save lives.

Knowing and understanding a few key heart health numbers — blood pressure, cholesterol and heart rate, along with family history — can provide your health care team an overall picture of your current cardiac health.

There are many reasons to participate in clinical trials, from gaining access to new treatments to advancing care for future generations. Another reason? Getting screened for a study might just uncover a condition you never knew you had.

February is National Heart Month. In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared the first American Heart Month to raise awareness of heart disease in the United States.

Jon Clifton, RN, CHPN, Inland Northwest Heart Failure Center of Excellence, authored a white paper detailing the collaborative effort between Pulse Heart Institute and DispatchHealth to address the treatment of congestive heart failure and reduce 30-day hospital readmissions. Together, Pulse and DispatchHealth were able to reduce readmission rates significantly.

The Pulse Heart Institute Prevention Center of Excellence was featured in the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing for their study "Using Personal Activity Intelligence With Patients in a Clinic Setting". The team found that using a a PAI metric helped reduce the risk of future cardiovascular events.