You’re having dinner at your favorite restaurant and a guest at a nearby table collapses. You think it’s a heart attack, but what should you do to help? A heart […]
Soundos Moualla, MD, FACC, FSCAI – Dignity Health Yavapai Regional Medical Center’s 2022 Physician of the Year – describes the passion and drive she pours into her work as “relentless […]
High blood pressure is another name for “hypertension.” Informally, it’s also known as “the silent killer,” one of the most alarming descriptions given to a medical condition by the medical […]
Veins, vessels and valves are all part of the body’s vascular system, which is why cardiothoracic surgeon Saina Attaran, MD, is at home in her new role at the Vein […]
Dignity Health has announced that Anthony Torres, MD, will serve as the next president and chief executive officer of Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC). Dr. Torres has nearly 40 years […]
Pictured above: The Woodruff Family Conference Center in the new Outpatient Services Building West at Dignity Health, Yavapai Regional Medical Center in Prescott. Dave Barrett, Board Chair of the Yavapai […]
Can you name a symptom of heart valve disease? If you can’t, you’re not alone. Three out of four Americans know little or nothing about heart valve disease. That’s why […]
Increased shortness of breath, lack of energy and bouts of dizziness shouldn’t be written off to aging, according to experts at the James Family Heart Center at Dignity Health, Yavapai […]
Our health is measured by many numbers: cholesterol, blood sugar and body mass index are just a few. For most of us, the actual numbers aren’t as important as knowing […]
The Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) Foundation Board of Directors has announced its slate of elected officers for July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The officers include Dave Barrett […]
Gratitude is the thread that weaves the Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) Foundation together with our donors. In 2020, that message of thanks culminated in a unique and heartwarming Circle […]
Patient Blood Management (PBM) is a multi-disciplinary approach to maximizing your own blood health and supply. Often this is most crucial during surgery. When large amounts of blood are lost […]
When they say every body needs milk, they’re partly talking about Vitamin D. According to science, this fat-soluble vitamin helps the body absorb the calcium and phosphate it needs to […]
Edwards Lifesciences needed an innovative structural heart team to inspire the thousands of interventional cardiologists gathering for its 2019 think tank at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) in San Francisco. […]
In our connected world, the latest information about your recent medical diagnosis is as close as a Google search. Sprinkled throughout those search results you’ll typically find information about research […]
Heart disease might be considered a man’s disease, but according to the American Heart Association, more than one in three women is living with some form of cardiovascular disease. Symptoms […]
What does the phrase “destination healthcare” bring to mind? For a growing number of people in Arizona and the southwest it means heart care, patient blood management or both of […]
A third Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory – featuring technology available in only a few hospitals nationwide – has opened at the James Family Heart Center at Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) […]
Yavapai Regional Medical Center PhysicianCare is pleased to announce that Phillip Tran, DO, FACOI, has joined our PhysicianCare Cardiology team located at 726 Gail Gardner Way, Suite B in Prescott. […]
Yavapai Regional Medical Center PhysicianCare is pleased to announce that Marek Piatek, MD, has joined our Cardiology team. Dr. Piatek will see patients at two locations, including 7700 E. Florentine […]
Knowledge is power. This old saying rings true when you’re faced with medical decisions for yourself or someone you love. When it comes to heart care, these decisions can be […]
The James Family Heart Center at Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) has reached another milestone. YRMC’s Heart Center recently performed its first transcatheter mitral valve replacement (TMVR)—an emerging and highly […]
A new Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory is currently under construction and scheduled to open later this summer at the James Family Heart Center at Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) West. The […]
Should you follow your heart or your head? When it comes to what you put on your plate, the answer is to follow the Mediterranean diet and both your heart […]
On May 7, 2019, the 100th patient underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) at the James Family Heart Center at Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) West in Prescott. “Our TAVR […]
In years past, your grandfather may have written off his shortness of breath to old age. Even people diagnosed early in life with heart conditions often didn’t link their decreased […]
Science and history intersected during Patient Blood Management: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Yavapai Regional Medical Center’s (YRMC’s) 6th Annual Patient Blood Management (PBM) Symposium. Approximately 350 people – PBM advocates […]
Replacing damaged heart valves with transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) – a minimally invasive procedure – improves the quality of life for the critically ill people who undergo it, recent […]
Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) is recognized worldwide as a pioneer in Patient Blood Management (PBM). The public has the opportunity to learn from these PBM pioneers by watching Patient Blood […]
Angelina Lopez Richardson has a special place in her heart for Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) that spans 50 years. It began in 1968 when Angie – a kindergartner at […]
“The Beat Goes On” was recorded decades ago by Sonny and Cher, but today it’s the motivational theme behind a new way of performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) that was adopted […]
The James Family Heart Center at Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) has reached another significant medical milestone with the introduction of the left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) procedure, better known […]
Carly McCarter’s ties to Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) are as strong as the branches of her family tree. For generations, the McCarter family has called the Prescott area home. […]
Yavapai Regional Medical Center is celebrating its achievements and thanking our community for its support as the hospital marks its 75th anniversary this year. Pierre Tibi, M.D., a nationally acclaimed […]
Good friends, great food and good times were the order of the day as more than 300 gathered to raise more than $30,000 to promote children’s health. Sponsored by Dr. […]
On March 1, 1943, Prescott Community Hospital – now Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) – opened its doors to care for patients. By 9:00 p.m. on that date, Florence Yount, […]
Pioneers … innovators … leaders, these words describe the medical professionals who introduced Patient Blood Management (PBM) to Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) as well as to healthcare organizations throughout […]
Yavapai Regional Medical Center’s (YRMC’s) Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) program has been up and running since November 2016, and is making a positive difference for local patients. Initially, the […]
Imagine you’re scheduled for joint replacement surgery. Would you prefer that your orthopaedic surgeon use safe and effective medical and surgical techniques that are designed to prevent anemia, decrease bleeding […]
What better way to celebrate heart health than by signing up for Hoops for Hearts with the Northern Arizona Suns and Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC)? Hoops for Hearts recognizes […]
You don’t have to be a Northern Arizona Suns player to get some court time during this season’s home games thanks to the Hoops for Hearts program. At every home […]
A 300-point game is every bowler’s goal. In life, amateur bowler Randi Suppes is doing that and more. A wife, mother and grandmother … a retired travel agent who explored […]
In November 2016, cardiac care in northern and central Arizona takes a major leap forward with the introduction of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) at The James Family Heart Center […]
Randy Meyers set off for the top of Mingus Mountain that June morning in search of a training site among the Ponderosa Pines. The Prescott Valley resident volunteers as the […]
What does the phrase “precious resource” bring to mind? Most Yavapai County residents think “water” but for Yavapai Regional Medical Center (YRMC) caregivers – physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals […]
