Patient Stories

Pulse patient Shellie Shultz shares her near-death experience with KXLY

Pulse patient Chris Kelly shares his heart attack and recovery story in the Spokesman-Review

Elevated levels of Lipoprotein(a) — also known as Lp(a) — can increase your risk for heart attack. About one in five people inherit high Lp(a), which can’t be controlled with lifestyle changes, but a clinical trial is testing an investigational drug that may help lower Lp(a).

Father diagnosed with myocarditis is reunited with his family thanks to the Helping Hands fund

Young patient survives major cardiac events that started at age 11

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.

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