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Pulse’s Tacoma General Hospital TAVR team reaches milestone in less-invasive heart treatment

Join us for the Puget Sound Region Pulse Open Heart Surgery Support Group, designed to help those that are planning or recovering from a surgery process with the cardiothoracic clinic.

How a young patient brought together a community.

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.